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The Pediatrix® Neonatology Grand Rounds series addresses pertinent controversial issues that influence the clinical practice of newborn medicine. Webinars are held on the first Wednesday of every month from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
On Jan. 7, Susan Carlson, Ph.D., explores “Preterm Infants and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.”
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Appropriately educate patients that their low docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake is linked to a higher risk of preterm and early preterm birth.
- Review recent consensus guidelines for DHA intake.
- Identify appropriate screening methods to detect pregnancies and implement guidelines in practice.
Click here to register for this session.
Susan E. Carlson, Ph.D., is the AJ Rice Professor of Nutrition and a University Distinguished professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Carlson received her Ph.D. in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology from Iowa State University and did postdoctoral fellowships in pathology (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and pediatrics (University of South Florida). She has a long-term research interest in the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid, DHA, which began with her observation in 1982 that infants fed formula had lower DHA status than those fed human milk. Subsequent clinical trials conducted by her lab and others led to the addition of DHA and arachidonic acid to US infant formulas in 2002.
From 1983 until 1997, she conducted the first trials of DHA supplementation in preterm infants while on the pediatric faculties of the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Several National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported trials showed DHA supplementation improved visual acuity and cognitive outcomes of preterm infants. At the University of Kansas, she continues to study the effect of DHA on the neurodevelopment of term infants and on preterm and early preterm birth (< 34 weeks' gestation) with randomized clinical trials funded by the NIH and supported by industry. She recently revisited a chance finding of lower necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants fed egg phospholipid, which was published in Pediatric Research in 1998 with a review in 2024 that concludes phosphatidylcholine deficiency is plausibly linked to NEC.
Please plan to join us for this important webinar and check out our catalog of previous webinars available on demand.
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The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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