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Feeding and Nutrition After Pediatric Liver Transplant

Chairpersons - Aashay Abhay Shah, Anubhuti Bharadwaj, Natwar Parwal

🗓️ 22 Nov 2025 🕒 15:15 - 15:55 📍Hall C

Theme - From Survival to Recovery: Overcoming Malabsorption and Fueling Growth

Objectives -

1. Review the role of TPN and enteral feeding in the immediate post-transplant phase
2. Explore the causes and management of diarrhea, malabsorption, and feeding intolerance
3. Discuss strategies to induce anabolism and optimize growth post-transplant
4. Understand monitoring and adjusting nutritional interventions in the long-term

Feeding the Fragile Gut: Post transplant feeding challenges: fluid restriction, immunosuppression-induced metabolic issues, enteral vs. parenteral nutrition (immunosuppressants, infections, bile salt malabsorption, pancreatic insufficiency), diagnostic approach, and dietary interventions

15:15 - 15:25 Talk

Speaker: Sufla Saxena

Post transplant diarrhea : Case = Infection vs intolerance vs medication side effects(persistent diarrhoea post Liver Transplantation)

15:25 - 15:40 Panel Discussion

Moderator : Karunesh Kumar

Panelists: Maya Peethambaram, Mridul Chandra Das, Naina Chakravarty, Vipul Gautam

Beyond Calories: Long-term growth monitoring, catch-up growth, and puberty considerations, Long-term nutrition: preventing obesity, metabolic syndrome, sarcopenia, and bone loss

15:40 - 15:50 Talk

Speaker: Bhaswati Acharya

Moderated Q&A

15:50 - 15:55

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