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BIFA welcomes comments on their updated document ‘BIFA Position Statement on HPN’
BIFA originally published their Position Statement on HPN in 2016. It has been reviewed by the BIFA committee and they would welcome comments from members. Please send comments to secretary@bapen.org.uk by the 6th of December 2019.
Download the updated statement here.
Why You Absolutely Have to Muscle In on the BAPEN Conference in Belfast!
BAPEN will be giving it some muscle in Belfast this year with a focus on the importance of body composition in health, disease and recovery and how it can be influenced by right nutritional interventions at the right time.
In symposium 1 ‘Feeding the muscle in health and disease: from athlete to acutely ill’ experts in the field of sports nutrition, including Professor James Morton and Professor Philip Anderson, will look at muscle phycology and metabolism with the aim of answering the question: ‘Can state of the art developments in sports nutrition be applied to patients in care settings?’. Dame Wendy Martinson OBE (British Olympic Association) will explain the use of nutrition to maximise muscle mass and recovery – knowledge that could be ground breaking in treating depleted post ICU patients and those undergoing rehabilitation or prehabilitation.
The keynote lecture, delivered by ESPEN’s top muscle man Gianni Biolo from the University of Trieste, will explain the debilitating effects of bedrest on body composition and organ systems with a focus on the use of nutrition to overcome them.
Upper GI cancer and COPD are diseases that have massive negative effects on lean mass and functional capacity. Each has a symposium dedicated to it featuring experts who can explain the underlying disease processes and how the implementation of ground breaking treatments and nutrition strategies can improve outcomes.
Taking the opposite tack on body composition, IrSPEN will controversially explain why obesity is a disease beyond the control of sufferers, mediated by imbalances in gut peptides that can be effectively treated by bariatric surgery. They will also focus on the complications of bariatric surgery, making the symposium highly relevant to those working in nutrition support.
This year BAPEN are extremely grateful to the Pancreatic Society for organising a session that will expand the muscle theme, with dietitian Oonagh Griffin exploring sarcopenia in pancreatic cancer after international pancreatic nutrition guru Mary Philips investigates implementation of the NICE guidelines for pancreatitis. As a finale, Dr Sinead Duggan will shed some light on the tricky business of diagnosing and treating type 3c diabetes.
Anyone working in Intestinal failure (IF) cannot afford to miss this year’s conference as BIFA have organised 4 full symposia that feature state of the art lectures and interactive sessions on assessment of acute surgical IF, gastroparesis, discharging on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and blood glucose control in PN. The latter session will be of particular interest to those working in critical care as it will feature world renowned intensivist Greet Van den Burghe telling us how to control blood glucose on ICU.
Paediatrics have not been forgotten as BSPGPHAN focus on management of PN in infants and children from birth to adolescence, with pharmacists Alia Husain and Venetia Simchovitz examining the implementation of SCAMP and paediatric PN respectively, before Professor Andrew Gennery gives expert insight into nutrition and fluid in bone marrow transplantation.
The Nutrition Society have contributed to a symposium entitled ‘New insights into gut and nutrition interplay – sorting the facts from the faeces’, which has something for everyone but particularly critical care aficionados. Dr Benjamin Mullish will update us on the crucial role of the microbiome in ICU patients, dietitian Susan Wood will debunk ketogenic diets, and intensivist Greet Van den Burghe will unveil fascinating data on the effects of early ICU PN on long-term neurocognitive function.
Other unmissable highlights will include BAPEN President Trevor Smith talking to PINNT’s Carolyn Wheatley about the BAPEN patient journey in an exciting opening symposium that will also cover publishing nutrition research and intestinal transplantation. There will of course be industry organised satellite symposia and breakfast meetings, as well an extensive exhibition giving an excellent opportunity to network and catch up on new products. A new feature of the exhibition this year will be the Nutrition Village where delegates can book into expert led interactive sessions on feeding tubes and PN lines. The latest nutrition research and audit will be right before your eyes at the poster sessions and in ‘Nutrition Myth Busters’ you will be given the opportunity to get an expert panel opinion on any aspect of practice you regard as suspect or questionable!
Finally, Belfast has been voted Europe’s friendliest city and you can experience it first-hand with a civil reception and ‘A night of Belfast craic’.
Full details are available on the BAPEN website but it’s clear that it’s time for you to flex your muscles and tell your manager why you absolutely have to attend this years’ Conference!
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