Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in infants and children
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) for neonates including preterm infants".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Breastfeeding and infant nutrition".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric liver disease".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Short bowel syndrome".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in adults".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Inflammatory bowel disease in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Poor weight gain in infants and children".)
International
●Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the pediatric critically ill patient (2017)
●Summary points and consensus recommendations from the International Protein Summit (2017)
●International Consensus Guideline Committee (ICGC): International consensus guidelines for nutrition therapy in pancreatitis (2012)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on decision-making around gastrostomy tube feeding in children with neurologic impairment – Engaging effectively with families (2018, reaffirmed 2024)
●CPS: Position statement on breastfeeding and human milk in the NICU – From birth to discharge (2023)
●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): A position paper for management of central venous access in children with intestinal failure (2021)
●NASPGHAN and European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)
●NASPGHAN: Use of enteral nutrition for the control of intestinal inflammation in pediatric Crohn disease (2012)
●NASPGHAN: Clinical report on nutrition support for neurologically impaired children (2006)
United States
●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Position papers
●ASPEN: Consensus statement – When is enteral nutrition indicated? (2022)
●Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and ASPEN: Revised 2021 standards of practice and standards of professional performance for registered dietitian nutritionists (competent, proficient, and expert) in nutrition support (2021)
●ASPEN: Consensus recommendation on lipid injectable emulsion safety recommendations – Part 2: Neonate and pediatric considerations (2021)
●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): A position paper for management of central venous access in children with intestinal failure (2021)
●ASPEN: Consensus recommendations for refeeding syndrome (2020)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on nonoral feeding for children and youth with development or acquired disabilities (2014, reaffirmed 2019)
●NASPGHAN and European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)
●ASPEN: Consensus recommendation on safe practices for enteral nutrition therapy (2017)
●Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and ASPEN: Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the pediatric critically ill patient (2017)
●American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the role of endoscopy in enteral feeding (2011, reapproved 2016)
●ASPEN: Standardized competencies for parenteral nutrition order review and parenteral nutrition preparation, including compounding – The ASPEN model (2016)
●Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF): Evidence-informed guidelines on enteral tube feeding for individuals with cystic fibrosis (2016)
●ASPEN: Standardized competencies for parenteral nutrition prescribing (2015)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines – Parenteral nutrition ordering, order review, compounding, labeling, and dispensing (2014)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines – Support of pediatric patients with intestinal failure at risk of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (2014)
●ASPEN: Parenteral nutrition safety consensus recommendations (2014)
●NASPGHAN: Use of enteral nutrition for the control of intestinal inflammation in pediatric Crohn disease (2012)
●American Dietetic Association (ADA): Position on providing nutrition services for people with developmental disabilities and special health care needs (2010)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines – Nutrition support of hospitalized pediatric patients with obesity (2010)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines for the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in adult and pediatric patients (2009)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines – Nutrition support of children with human immunodeficiency virus infection (2009)
●ASPEN: Clinical guidelines – Nutrition support of the critically ill child (2009)
●NASPGHAN: Clinical report on nutrition support for neurologically impaired children (2006)
Europe
●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Practical and partially revised guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit (2023)
●ESPEN: Practical guideline on home enteral nutrition (2023)
●ESPEN: Practical guideline on home parenteral nutrition (2023)
●ESPEN: Micronutrient guideline (2022)
●European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): Position paper on percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children, update (2021)
●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis (2020)
●European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC): Metabolism, endocrine and nutrition section position statement and clinical recommendations for nutritional support for children during critical illness (2020)
●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in liver disease (2019)
●ESPGHAN: Position paper on the use of jejunal tube feeding in children (2019)
●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ESPGHAN: A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)
●ESPGHAN/ESPEN/European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR): Guidelines on pediatric parenteral nutrition (2018)
•Amino acids
•Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium
•Carbohydrates
•Complications
•Energy
•Fluid and electrolytes
•Home parenteral nutrition
•Iron and trace minerals
•Lipids
•Organisational aspects
•Standard versus individualized parenteral nutrition
•Venous access
•Vitamins
●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2017)
●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in surgery (2017)
●ESPEN-ESPGHAN-European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS): Guidelines on nutrition care for infants, children, and adults with cystic fibrosis (2016)
●ESPGHAN: Position paper on intravenous lipid emulsions and risk of hepatotoxicity in infants and children – A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
●ESPGHAN: A position paper on intestinal failure-associated liver disease (2015)
●ESPGHAN/European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID): Evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children in Europe, update (2014)
●ESPGHAN: A comment on the practical approach to paediatric enteral nutrition (2010)
United Kingdom
●British Dietetic Association (BDA): The development of a consensus-based nutritional pathway for infants with CHD before surgery using a modified Delphi process (2018)
●British Intestinal Failure Alliance (BIFA): Position statement on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) (2016)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) for bowel lengthening in parenteral nutrition-dependent children (2007)
Japan
●[In English] Japanese (JPN) clinical practice guidelines with easy-to-understand explanations for the management of acute pancreatitis, 2021 (published 2022)
●[In English] Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM): Japanese guidelines for nutrition support therapy in the adult and pediatric critically ill patients – General and disease-specific nutrition support therapy (2016)
●[In Japanese] Japan Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society (JPENS): Parenteral enteral nutrition guidelines, 3rd edition (2013)
●[In English] Japanese Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (JSPGHAN): Guidelines for the treatment of Crohn's disease in children (2006)
●[In English] Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Consensus of primary care in acute pancreatitis in Japan (2006)