Management of Short Gut Syndrome

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ONLINECMECNERx

Instructions

Friday, November 1, 2019, 8:00 AM - Monday, October 31, 2022, 11:59 PM, Online


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.00 hours), Nursing Contact Hour(s) (1.00 hours), Pharmacotherapeutics (0.50 hours)

Many clinicians have questions surrounding management of the infant with short bowel syndrome.  Key factors that determine the prognosis of infants with short bowel syndrome will be addressed as well as core strategies used to manage short bowel syndrome. Clinicians will appreciate the potential complications of short bowel syndrome and the indications for referral for intestinal transplantation.

1. Clinicians will implement at least one strategy or change in practice to improve the care and outcomes in these neonatal patients.

1. Clinicians will implement at least one strategy or change in practice to improve the care and outcomes in these neonatal patients.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (#PO258)

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 nursing contact hour(s). Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this enduring activity for 0.50 pharmacotherapeutics contact hour(s). 

There is no commercial support for this educational activity.  Please note that the content of this educational activity was originally presented at a live conference (NEO: The Conference for Neonatology) on February 23, 2019, which was supported by educational grants from Mead Johnson Nutrition and Abbott Nutrition.