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Supporting the Hearts of our Transplant and LVAD Patients: Perioperative Guidelines for Success

December 10, 2024
Time: 12pm-1pm EST
Speaker: Gabrielle Gambino, MS, RD, CDN, CNSC

This webinar covers transplant and LVAD patients: Pre-operative nutritional optimization, frailty testing, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols, and post-operative considerations such as early satiety, weight management and anticoagulation management.


CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 1

Performance Indicators

  • 9.1.1. Interprets and applies evidence-based literature and standards for determining nutritional needs of target audiences.
  • 11.2.1. Selects valid and reliable tools to conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments.
  • 11.3.9. Leads the implementation of nutrition interventions in collaboration with clients/patients and the interprofessional team.

Description of Webinar

This webinar will discuss the pre- and post-operative nutritional considerations for advanced heart failure patients, particularly those who qualify for advanced therapies such as LVAD and heart transplant. Topics covered will include pre-operative nutritional optimization and frailty testing, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocol implementation to support recovery, and post-operative considerations such as early satiety, weight management and International Normalized Ration (INR) management with anticoagulation.

Speaker

Gabrielle Gambino (MS, RD, CDN, CNSC) is a senior clinical dietitian at a major hospital in Manhattan, who has worked with the advanced heart failure population for 10 years. Her educational background includes undergraduate degrees in Clinical Nutrition and Public Relations from Penn State University, and she received her Master's at NYU.

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