Enteral and parenteral nutrition Course 2024
Enteral and parenteral nutrition Course 2024 is organized by Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen / Kantonsspital St.Gallen and will be held on Jun 20, 2024 at St.Gallen Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
Content
In acute hospitals, it often happens that patients have to be fed enterally via a feeding tube or parenterally via an intravenous route due to their illness. Gain an overview of the various clinical forms of nutrition and their benefits and risks and then instruct the patients appropriately.
Assessment of nutritional status
• Principles of a healthy diet
• Importance of malnutrition
• Different feeding tubes – advantages, risks and prophylaxis
• How and when is tube feeding administered
• Which additives are correctly administered with tube feeding?
• Parenteral nutrition – advantages, risks and prophylaxis
• Key points in patient education
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.
