Management of the Ketogenic Diet in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Event date: 12/13/2024
Join us for a 1-hour educational webinar with Cagla Fenton discussing the management of pediatric epilepsy patients with the ketogenic diet in an intensive care setting. Cagla will explore when and how to initiate the ketogenic diet and discuss important considerations for maintaining the diet during acute illness. Learning Objectives:
- Describe steps involved in urgent initiation of KD in critically ill pediatric patients
- Discuss use of tube feedings for KD patients in pediatric intensive care
- Identify laboratory testing recommended for monitoring KD patients in pediatric intensive care
About Our Speaker
Cagla Fenton is a Clinical Dietitian at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia specializing in ketogenic diet treatment for epilepsy and other neurological disorders. After earning her bachelors degree in Nutrition and Food science at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Cagla completed a dietetic internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. She started her career as a pediatric dietitian at CHOP, which is where she still works. Cagla has been a clinical dietitian at CHOP for 23 years and 18 of them have been with the ketogenic diet program. Cagla’s passion is in patient care, education and innovation.
Cagla is the author of several original scientific publications regarding Use of Breast Milk with the Ketogenic Diet, Benefits of a Ketogenic Teaching Kitchen in the Hospital and most recently, Homemade oil emulsion for use in formula feedings.