Volume 9, Issue 14: Optimizing Nutritional Support with Protein and Energy for Very Low Birth Weight Infants -Podcast
eNeonatal Review is a monthly CE series for the NICU nurse and health care professional. It provides updates on the latest research, best practices, and issues currently under debate, as well as a concise review of relevant journal literature.
(Volume 9, Issue 14)
Target Audience
NICU nurses and health care professionals
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:
- Describe the importance of starting parenteral nutrition in the first hours of life, even in the face of critical illness in VLBW infants
- Evaluate the role of parenteral amino acids in glycemic control, as well as lipids in relation to lung dysfunction, in VLBW infants
- Discuss the role of donor-fortified milk in VLBW infants
David H. Adamkin, M.D
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Rounsavall Endowed Chair of Neonatology
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Available Credit
- 0.50 ANCC