2021 Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Single Ventricle Heart Defects: Feeding, Growth, and Outcomes”

Enduring Activity: 2021 Pediatric Grand Rounds
“Single Ventricle Heart Defects: Feeding, Growth, and Outcomes”
Target Audience
This activity is targeted toward all general pediatric physicians and pediatric subspecialists in the community.

Statement of Need
Pediatric grand rounds provide physicians a continuous update on emerging trends in caring for the pediatric patient, including new scientific discoveries that provide the underpinning of current pediatric practice. This activity will inform physicians about other issues involving professionalism, socioeconomic issues, and topics related to the ACMGE core competencies.

Objectives
At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to:
1) Describe the epidemiology of supplemental feeding in single ventricle infants;
2) Discuss the factors that put this population at risk for feeding dysfunction;
3) Compare the current interventions being used to improve oral feeding tolerance;
4) Examine future directions to improve feeding dysfunction in single ventricle infants.

Faculty
Joshua Kurtz, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine, University of Louisville
Pediatric and Adult Congenital Interventional Cardiologist
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky

Faculty Disclosure
Faculty for this course has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Planner Disclosure
No planners for this course have conflicts of interest to disclose.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Norton Healthcare and the University of Louisville Department Of Pediatrics. Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
Norton Healthcare designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release | January 2021
Course Termination Date | December 2022


Resources

Heart failure in single right ventricle congenital heart disease: physiological and molecular considerations