Website Pediatric Coordinator
Paula M Charuhas Macris, CD MS RD CSO FADA
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
The goal of the pediatric website is to help members stay current on pediatric nutrition support literature. For more information or if you would like to assist in the development of this new project, please contact me.
Aggressive nutrition support and earlier surgical repair improve weight gain in infants with congenital heart disease
Williams RV, Zak V, Ravishankar C,et al. Factors affecting growth in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial.
J Pediatr. 2011 Dec;159(6):1017-22.e2.
Pediatric Nutrition Support
Venick RS, Wozniak LJ,et al. Long-term nutrition and predictors of growth and weight gain following pediatric intestinal transplantation. Transplantation. 2011 Nov 15;92(9):1058-62.
Verbruggen SC, Coss-Bu J, et al. Current recommended parenteral protein intakes do not support protein synthesis in critically ill septic, insulin-resistant adolescents with tight glucose control. Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;39(11):2518-25.
Website Pediatric Coordinator
Recent publications related to pediatric nutrition support:
Website Pediatric Coordinator
Recent publications related to pediatric nutrition support:
Children's G-Tube Book
Thanks to MitoAction's sponsor, ThriveRx, copies of "When Jeremy Jones' Stomach Stopped Working" will be made available to families with children with G-tubes.
MitoAction is an advocacy group with the mission to "create a community of support that reaches every child, adult, and caregiver affected by a mitochondrial disease."