Pediatric Care Resources

< Resources for Patient Populations or Healthcare Management

These materials are intended to be used by clinicians caring for pediatric patients.

Videos

• Malnutrition Matters for Pediatric Patients 2018
• Metabolism Matters (Malnutrition - Pediatric Patients) 2018
• Malnutrition in Children with Chronic Disease: Congenital Heart Disease and Liver Disease (Part 1) 2019
• Malnutrition in Children with Chronic Disease: Cystic Fibrosis and Renal Disease (Part 2) 2019

Tools

• Nutrition Care Pathways
  The Nutrition Care Pathways indicate best practices and guide clinicians—step by step—through the nutrition care process, from admission to discharge. Each step in the pathway is supplemented with resources to use in developing nutrition care plans for patients. Pediatric Nutrition Care Pathway
• Ask About Your Child's Nutrition Poster
  It is important for caregivers and families to be proactive and ask about their child's nutrition status. ASPEN has created an educational poster to help you recognize the signs of malnutrition in children, so you can talk to their healthcare provider about treatment. The poster is available in multiple languages.
  
  English
  New! French
  Spanish
  Arabic
  Traditional Chinese
  Simplified Chinese

Publications

• 2017Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in thePediatric Critically Ill Patient. JPEN J Parenter Enteral 2017 Vol 41, Issue 5, pp. 706 – 742
• Bouma S. Diagnosing PediatricMalnutrition: Paradigm Shifts of Etiology‐Related Definitions and Appraisal ofthe Indicators. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017;32(1):52-67.
• 2014ASPEN Clinical Guidelines: Support of Pediatric Patients with IntestinalFailure at Risk of Parenteral Nutrition - Associated Liver Disease. JPEN J Parenter Enteral2014 Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 538–557
• Abdelhadi RA, Bouma S, Bairdain S, et al. Characteristics of hospitalizedchildren with a diagnosis of malnutrition: United States, 2010. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016;40(5):623-635.