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35(2): Nutrition Implications in Cerebral Palsy
The first section of this issue will define cerebral palsy (CP), describe its causes, and review its classification types. Associated deficits related to CP will also be described. The next section will discuss nutrition assessment of children with CP followed … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropometrics, assessment, body composition, calories, cerebral palsy, constipation, CSHCN, development, education, energy, enteral nutrition, failure to thrive, family centered care, feeding, GI, GMFCS, gross motor, growth, growth charts, IDDSI, intervention, medication interactions, muscle tone, nutrition management, oral health
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34(3) Update: Nutrition for Congenital Heart Disease
Nearly 1% or 40,000 births (or nearly 1 in 100 babies) each year in the United States are affected by congenital heart disease (CHD), with approximately 25% of those infants having critical cardiac defects that require surgery or catheter-based intervention … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, calories, congenital heart disease, CSHCN, energy, enteral nutrition, GI, growth, infants, intervention, medication interactions, nutrition management, oral-motor, parenteral nutrition, protein, team members, tube feeding
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32(1) Nutrition Assessment and Management of the Child with Cancer
Despite recent advances in research and treatment, cancer is still the leading cause of death by disease for all children past infancy in the United States. As recent as 2014, researchers estimated 10,450 new cancer cases and 1,350 cancer deaths … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, cancer, chemotherapy, development, education, enteral nutrition, feeding, GI, growth, intervention, medication interactions, medications, nutrition management, oncology, radiation, tube feeding
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23(6) Nutrition Management of Children with Rett Syndrome: An update
With the identification of the “Rett gene” in 1999, much has been learned in the last decade about the etiology and diagnosis of Rett Syndrome (RTT). RTT, first described in 1966 by Andreas Rett, is now considered a neurodevelopmental disorder, … Continue reading
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Tagged feeding, fluid, GI, growth, growth charts, ketogenic diet, nutrition management, oral health, reflux, resources, rett syndrome, RTT, supplements, VitalStim, VNS
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