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This eCourse is one session from our Core Content of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine course. The Core Content of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Course is comprised of 30 individual sessions that are designed to comprehensively prepare physicians and other providers (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives) to provide evidence-based anticipatory guidance and management of typical breastfeeding and lactation problems seen in primary care.
Overview
This course, for physicians and other healthcare providers, covers supportive the breastfeeding dyad in an infant with health problems.
Objectives
- Explain the pros and cons of breastfeeding a child in some respiratory distress
- Identify 3 challenges the breastfeeding dyad faces when a child has significant health problems
- Describe the management of breastfeeding for infants with chylothorax
Topic Outline
- Challenges and barriers to breastfeeding in the hospital setting
- Breastfeeding and infants with respiratory distress
- Breastmilk composition changes in response to infant illness
- Breastfeeding and infants with chylothorax
- Breastfeeding and infant with congenital heart disease
- Breastfeeding-associated hypernatremia
- Colostrum as oral immune therapy
- Supporting lactation in the unconscious mother
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Breastfeeding the Infant with Health Problems and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.5 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CERPS: This course has been allocated 1.5(L) CERPs recognized by IBLCE. Long Term Provider #117-04.
Nursing Credits: All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialling Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/
Speaker Biography
Dr. Simon is a Pediatric Critical Care physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a unique combination of expertise in Pediatric Critical Care, Lactation and Breastfeeding Medicine and Palliative Care. Dr. Simon’s educational journey, from receiving her medical degree at the prestigious University of São Paulo in Brazil to completing her pediatric residency at Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal and her Pediatric Critical Care fellowship at the Children’s Medical Center at Dallas, reflects a commitment to gaining diverse experiences and knowledge from different healthcare systems. Her dedication to improving care and breastfeeding support for hospitalized children, especially in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, is reflected, among other things, in her being an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and on the Board of Directors of IABLE, the Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education. She has written protocols for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and is actively involved in education and research regarding advancement of breastfeeding in general and particularly in the PICU. While speaking different languages, she is passionate for providing culturally sensitive comprehensive and compassionate care to her patients and families.
Conflicts of Interest
None