Enteric and Parenteral Nutrition

Teaching learning will be based on theoretical classes / Practices with exposition of themes and elaboration of nutritional assessment and monitoring protocols, analysis and discussion of articles, practical classes will essentially be resolution of clinical cases, present real clinical cases that will be solved and discussed.
The evaluation is preferably continuous and values:
A) A written test on the subject taught in class T / P – 40%
B) Resolution and presentation of a clinical case – 50%
C) Resolution of clinical cases and elaboration of protocols – 10%
Students who achieve a grade of 9.5 or higher in all assessments are considered approved by continuous assessment.
Examination regime:
The exam will correspond to a written test, in which the minimum grade of 9,5 values is required

1- Establish enteral and parenteral nutritional support, know how to perform nutritional assessment, develop protocols and perform nutritional calculations adapted to the EN and PN, recognize the benefit of nutritional therapy in improving health status
2- Know the contraindications and recognize the most appropriate access routes for each patient
3- Master the knowledge of the formulas existing in the market
4- Know the guidelines that allow elaborating nutritional calculations adapted to the pathologies and make sustained decisions
5- Know medication / nutrient interaction
6- Accounting / transforming nec. nutrition for pathology (s) in a personalized and adapted diet plan
7- Provide students with scientific knowledge in the area of dietetics and nutrition
8- Develop multidisciplinary skills
9- Monitor nutritional support
10- Develop analytical / interpretive posture of scientific criticism / self-criticism and execute / implement nutritional assessment protocols

A-How to enter an enteric and parenteral nutritional support, advantages and disadvantages; indications contraindications and complications
b-Nutritional assessment and Calculation of energy needs through estimative, predictive and direct and indirect measurement. Its correlation with clinical and the different pathologies and degree of stress in enteric and parenteral nutrition, guidlines.
c-Identification of the clinical situations in which the different enteric formulas are indicated
d- Formulas adapted to organ dysfunction. Interest in clinical practice
f-Thorough knowledge of the different formulas available in the market for parenteral nutrition
g-Drug-nutrient interaction
h- Artificial nutrition in different pathologies, monotorization;
i- Artificial home ambulatory nutrition
j- Resolution and discussion of clinical cases

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