January 2016 Newsletter from Apollo International Clinical Nutrition Update | Apollo International Clinical Nutrition Update

From the Desk of the Organising Chairperson, AICNU

New Year is not about changing the dates but direction; it’s not about changing the calendar but commitment; it’s not about changing the actions but attitude. May each and every day of yours is renewed with lots of happiness and love. We wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 2016!!!!!!

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Confirmed Speakers of AICNU 2016, Colombo, Srilanka with topics
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Article of the Month

This month we are covering the article titled The ‘SUN’ Initiative: Do we have the scope to Scale Up Nutrition in the ICU?’ This abstract won the third prize during the AICNU 2015 in Ahmedabad. Nutritional support is frequently neglected in a busy intensive care unit (ICU). Calorie and protein delivery to critically ill patients remains challenging. This study aims to investigate whether continued monitoring and evaluation of nutritional provision is particularly important for patients receiving enteral (EN) or parenteral nutrition support in order to identify inadequacies and determine the scope to scale up nutrition relative to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Read more https://aicnu.org/the-sun-initiative-do-we-have-the-scope-to-scale-up-nutrition-in-the-icu/

Confirmed Speakers of AICNU 2016, Colombo, Srilanka with topics

Name of the Speaker	Country	Profile	Topics
Prof. Anupam Sibal		Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals Group; Senior Consultant Paediatric Gastroentrology and Hepatology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, Secretary General, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO), Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia	Nutritional Issues to be addressed in Liver Transplantation – Pre – Peri – Post Operative Phase
Dr. Krishnan Sriram		Tele-Intensivist, Advocate Health Care, Oakbrook, Illinois, USA; Voluntary Attending & former Fellowship Program Director & Division Chair/Surgical Critical Care; & Director, Nutrition Support Team, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA	Is there a role for Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) in hospitalized patients? Home-based versus Scientific Enteral formulations for critical care – What is the evidence?
Dr. Luciana B. Sutanto		Indonesian Nutrition Association (INA) Wisma Nugraha suite 501, Jl. Raden Saleh No. 6 Jakarta 10450, Indonesia	Nutritional Support in complications during pregnancy – Pre-eclampsia and Gestational Diabetes (GD) Estimating Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) in critically ill patients
Ms. Mary Easaw		Senior Manager and Chief Dietitian Dietetics & Food services National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia American Overseas Dietetics Association Representative for Malaysia	Using Motivational Interview for Behaviour Change in Patients’ Dietary Habits
Prof. Ramakrishnan. N		Senior Consultant in Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and Director, Critical Care Services, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai; Adjunct Professor, Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University & Apollo Hospitals Education & Research Foundation	Parenteral Nutrition – A to Z
Dr. Sarath Gopalan		Senior Consultant, Paediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi; Executive Director, Center for Research on Nutrition Support Systems	Planning of Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition Cow’s milk protein allergy – A case-based approach to nutritional intervention
Dr. Vanessa Fuchs.T		Chief of Clinical Nutrition, Research in Metabolism & Clinical Nutrition in Oncology, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico	Practical issues in nutritional intervention in the patients with cancer