iINTERNPATIONAL PARENETERAL & ENTNERAL NUTRITION NEWSL ETTER ISSUE 8 • MARCH 2020 Welcome to another edition of In this issue: . Our first for 2020 l Tributes and Obituaries 2 iPEN l ASPEN News 6 My name is revered mentor as he took the International Clinical 9 Theodoric Wong time to foster health care l Nutrition Section News and I am the professionals all around the world. Acting Chair of We were delighted and privileged l Who’s Who 9 ICNS. that Dr Stanley and his wife Terri, l Key Publications 10 joined our ICNS party as honoured I would first like l Clinical Nutrition 14 guests at last year’s ASPEN to thank retiring News Around the World congress. He has truly been an chairman Forthcoming 20 inspiration and will be sadly l Stanislaw Klek Meetings Dr Theodoric Wong missed but never forgotten. for his contributions to ICNS over the Subject to further developments in l 2020 –21 Diary Dates 24 past few years. His dedication to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are advancing nutritional care in a number of international protection, macronutrient surgical patients both in his nutrition/ intestinal failure provisions and their ratios, calcium home country and around the conferences which are coming up and phosphate provision and their world has earned him much in 2020. The World Congress for ratios, standard bags, monitoring, respect in the international Paediatric Gastroenterology, service design as well as community. He was also the Hepatology and Nutrition will be information for parents and carers. organiser and host for the ESPEN held in Copenhagen from the 3 –6 See page 13. congress last year in Poland, which June. The International was a tremendous achievement. Paediatric Intestinal Failure and In the light of the recent Rehabilitation Symposium will cancellation of ASPEN20 We are all be held in Toronto from the 26 –28 conference , ICNS will be holding saddened by the June. ESPEN will be in Lyon from a virtual Section Forum and AGM loss of Professor 19 –22 September and PENSA will later in April. Sadly none of us will Stanley Dudrick, be in Bangkok from the 29 –31 be able to participate in our annual MD , the father October. social party, which promised to be of parenteral great fun, and we are indebted to nutrition. His Recent important publications Medtrition for their work has include the UK NICE Neonatal sponsorship . Despite all the impacted on Parenteral Nutrition guidelines Theo Wong (right) concerns about the COVID-19 with Dr Dudrick patients’ lives in 2020 . The neonatal group of pandemic, feel free to celebrate our (centre) and Gil the last 50 years patients are vulnerable when it international friendships and Hardy (left) at and will continue comes to . NICE has collaborations in your own way in ASPEN 2019 to make a published its recommendations to your own country. tremendous difference in decades clarify a number of areas regarding to come. He was not only a provision of PN, including Dr Theo Wong fantastic clinician but also a much indications, venous access, light Acting Chair of ICNS “On the shoulders of Giants” A number of our much loved Stanley Dudrick , first President of BAPEN, in UK, Dr Coluthur exceptional leaders in clinical ASPEN, in USA, Dr Josef Patiño , Gopalan , Indian government nutrition around the world pioneer in Colombia and Latin advisor. See pages 2 –4 for Tributes recently passed away and will be America, Professor John and Obituaries: To Nutrition Giants greatly missed. They include, Dr Lennard-Jones , first President of for these remarkable men.

1 Tributes and Obituaries: To Nutrition Giants

Dr Stanley Dudrick Dr Josef Patiño Professor John Lennard-Jones Dr Coluthur Gopalan Each of these great men of science and medicine were Extracts of eulogies for Dr Dudrick by his friends innovators and were responsible throughout their and colleagues, include: careers for advancing the science and practice of “With the passing of Dr Dudrick, medicine has lost one of its nutrition. They influenced other health professionals, most inspirational leaders,” said ASPEN President, not only in their own countries but by their Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD. “Dr Dudrick’s dedication and the high standards they established legacy goes far beyond his pioneering research. While he for all of us in the international community to follow. continued as the seminal scientist in the development of PN, Dr Stanley J. Dudrick throughout his life he also chaired the surgery department at 4 institutions, authored textbooks and hundreds of journal Two years ago, in issue 2 of iPEN in 2017, we articles, and taught and mentored countless physicians and published a Tribute to Dr Dudrick, written by ICNS other healthcare providers. Dr Dudrick will be remembered Chairman, Prof. Stanislaw Klek and immediate as a healer and visionary, whose kindness has deeply touched Past Chairman, Prof. Gil Hardy, on the occasion of many people, and whose achievements have changed the his receiving the first Life Time Membership of lives of many.” ASPEN. We ended our tribute with a quotation from “Dr Dudrick truly nourished other medical and healthcare one of Dr Dudrick’s seminal publications professionals. He always found the time to meet with “Intravenous feeding promises to be a powerful tool for basic physicians, scientists, clinicians, and students from around investigations in biochemistry, pharmacology and nutrition. the world to answer questions about his research and The role of hormones, amino acids, , minerals and nutrition. ASPEN’s archives are filled with letters of fatty acids can be studied in animals and in man under appreciation – and wonder – at his generosity, knowledge, conditions of control formerly unattainable. The degree to and compassion,” said Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, which immune mechanisms can be altered by intravenous President of the ASPEN Rhoads Research diets of selected amino acids may be significant in facilitating Foundation and ASPEN’s 30th president. successful tissue transplants. Most potential applications of intravenous feeding remain to be explored.” “ASPEN’s interdisciplinary membership and approach reflect one of the principles that guided Dr Dudrick’s life We are both proud to have known Dr Stan for many and marked his brilliant and life-changing career,” said years and to have been invited to contribute to the ASPEN’s 8th president, Ezra Steiger, MD. “He ASPEN Tribute to Our First President and Founding practiced collaboration from the earliest days of his Father, collated by JPEN Editor in Chief, Dr Kelly research when he reached out to other physician specialists, Tappenden, co-authored by many past presidents basic scientists, pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and and other ASPEN VIP which has been published in medical suppliers.” JPEN 2020: 44;159–171s. “Our condolences go out to Dr Dudrick’s family and friends. Our thoughts are with his wife Terri (Theresa), who had been at his side since medical school and to his six children – Susan Marie, Stanley Jonathan, Holly Anne, Paul Stanley, Carolyn Mary, and Anne Theresa – who shared their father with laboratory experiments, patients, and medical students,” said ASPEN Chief Executive Officer, Wanda Johnson.

2 us daily. These teachings will live on in our writings, in our work, and in our constant effort to achieve perfection.

Written by Patricia Savino Lloreda, RD, MBA [receiving associate membership of the National Academy of Medicine, Colombia from Dr Patiño] Dr Dudrick with his famous beagle ‘Stinky’ and one of his first long term HPN patients Professor John Lennard-Jones José Félix Patiño Restrepo, MD, John Edward Lennard- FACS (Hon) Jones, first Chairman of the British Association “For a person who of Parenteral and Enteral has been Nutrition (BAPEN) was fundamentally a a pioneering English teacher all his life, gastroenterologist, this is the known affectionately to maximum his colleagues as “LJ.” recognition that who died in March 2019, aged 92 years. one can have. This is an academic He was a caring and astute physician, a gentle but achievement that inspirational teacher, and a prodigious clinical has the greatest researcher. Colleagues remember him affectionately meaning for me”. as “an egg-head with a total command of the world literature…who was a walking reference base.” and 'These were recall that no one who worked with him ever had a the words in bad word to say about him. December 2011, of Dr JFPR, who died in February 2020, when the Ministry of Education awarded him John Lennard-Jones began working for the Medical the SB GMO Award (report in El Espectador , Research Council (MRC) burns unit in Birmingham, December 5). and then joined the internationally famous gastroenterologist Sir Francis Avery Jones at “This is how I would like to be remembered: as a great London’s Central Middlesex Hospital. Following a teacher” . Of so many awards and tributes he received stint in research at University College Hospital he throughout his life, this, delivered by the then returned to the Central Middlesex, where he became president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, was the a member of the MRC’s Gastroenterology Unit. In one that gave him the most satisfaction. 1974 he moved to the London Hospital Medical Dr José Félix Patiño Restrepo introduced the concept College, where, three years later, he was awarded a of clinical nutrition in Colombia and Latin America, personal chair in gastroenterology. His final clinical becoming the father of parenteral nutrition and appointment was at St Mark’s Hospital as a nutrition support in this region. However, if we professor emeritus. attempted to write down all of his works, The skill and dedication of John Lennard-Jones contributions, and achievements, we would be short contributed greatly to advances in the on space. understanding and treatment of inflammatory I want to finish with this phrase that invites study bowel disease (IBD). Over the years he grew and continuous self-reflection: “Nutrition, like increasingly aware of the importance of good surgery, is a profession, not just a job” His absence nutrition to patients with IBD and intestinal failure evokes an overwhelming feeling of emptiness that (IF) and was one of the first in the UK to establish is palpable both in a physical and spiritual sense. a high-quality nutritional support team (NST) , Yet, for all of us who had the opportunity to learn insisting that nurse specialists have a major role in from Dr Patiño, we will carry his teachings with Continued on page 4…

3 the team. He was also a pioneer in the introduction Secretary and Dr Gopalan as the first President. He of home parenteral nutrition (HPN), encouraging was also actively involved in initiating the Asian iPEN editor, Gil Hardy and research fellow Dr Congress of Nutrition. Jeremy Powell-Tuck to invent the 3 litre PN bag In 1969 during its Golden Jubilee, NRL was and always giving patients the confidence and the designated as the ‘National Institute of Nutrition’ know-how to go home and to manage the PN bags (NIN) which had been nurtured by Dr Gopalan themselves. Prof. Lennard-Jones was a natural choice during the 14 years that he was its Director. to chair the King’s Fund 1992 working party on the role of enteral and parenteral feeding in hospital and In 1973, Gopalan moved to New Delhi to take over at home that lead to the formation of BAPEN in as the Director-General of the Indian Council for 1992, which he chaired until 1995, when the John Medical Research (ICMR). During his tenure (1974– Lennard-Jones medal was established in his honour 1979), he promoted research in communicable “For significant and consistent contribution to BAPEN diseases and modernized several of the ICMR over many years” . research institutions, initiating a number of nutrition interventions, such as the Integrated Child Colleagues describe LJ as a modest man who lived in Development Services (ICDS), the midday meal a modest way. He had compassion and a huge sense scheme for school children, A and Iron of duty. He was a committed Christian who believed supplementation and the goiter prevention in the value of service to others. programme. Under his direction, over 500 Indian foods were analysed for their Nutritive Values. This work was used for calculating dietary in-take of all nutrients and made India the first developing country to have its own recommended dietary allowances (RDA). “Gopalan was a visionary institution builder. He LJ with Susanne Wood, one of his first PN nurses at her retirement viewed medical and nutrition science from a Compiled from official obituaries and tributes by Gil Hardy. holistic perspective and always wanted to address them taking a multi-disciplinary and multi- Dr Coluthur Gopalan, MD sectoral approach. His contributions to medical science in general and nutrition science in “The father of Nutrition Sciences particular are immense . He, in fact, brought in India” nutrition to centre stage and was instrumental in putting it as an important driver in developmental Professor Coluthur plans and policies of the country,” said Balram Gopalan, a scientist of Bhargava, current director-general of ICMR. international eminence, who had spearheaded Dr Gopalan retired from government service in 1979, nutrition science for over but not from service to the nation. In 1980 he created four decades in India, the Nutrition Foundation of India (NFI), which has a passed away in Chennai, wide interdisciplinary research network in the India in October 2019. country, now under the able direction of his son, He was the first Asian to paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Sarath Gopalan. be elected the President of the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS) and had been on several WHO expert panels. Professor Gopalan’s professional career in nutrition research started at the Nutrition Research Laboratory Compiled from (NRL), founded by Dr Robert McCarrison under the official obituaries British Empire. In the late 1950s, NRL moved to by iPEN editor, , and Gopalan took over as Director in Gil Hardy, 1962. The Indian Dietetic Association (IDA) was also pictured with founded in 1962 in by Prof. Kalyan Bagchi as Dr Gopalan at ISPEN 2000

4 ★★★ CONGRATULATIONS ★★★ Professor Paul “I am incredibly honored to receive this Instituto Wischmeyer Receives award from ASPEN as it recognizes Argentino de perhaps my greatest passion in my Educación Esteemed George academic medical career – the Investigación Blackburn mentoring and development of the next en Mentorship Award generation of clinical nutrition Nutrición – scientists who are so desperately needed IAEDIN , from ASPEN to carry on the incredible example and since 2006 legacy that the pillars of our field, like Prof. Ana Maria and Scientific The ASPEN Dr Blackburn, established for us in Menendez Coordinator Rhoads their illustrious careers,” said Dr for Interdisciplinary Courses of Research Wischmeyer, adding “I look post graduate Enteral and Foundation forward to the opportunity to honor Parenteral Nutrition. Drug and has named Dr Blackburn’s legacy by continuing to Nutrient interactions in the Professor Paul train the next generation of nutrition- Pharmacy and Biochemistry Wischmeyer, scientists who continue to improve the College, Buenos Aires MD, EDIC, care of patients worldwide.” University – UBA and a Prof. Paul Wischmeyer the 2020 recognized expert in trace Paul Wischmeyer is Professor recipient of the George elements in clinical nutrition. Blackburn Research of anesthesiology/critical care Mentorship Award ; the highest medicine and associate vice Dra Vanessa Fuchs award for mentorship that chair for clinical research ASPEN bestows. within Duke Anesthesiology. has recently He also serves as the director of received the This award the PN/Nutrition Support Team Dr Maria recognizes at Duke University Hospital in Elena career-long Durham, North Carolina USA. Anzures exemplary Paul was due to receive the Lopez 2020 work award at the Rhoades award from inspiring, Celebration of Research the General encouraging Reception and to be guest Dra Vanessa Fuchs Hospital of and speaker at the ICNS Section Mexico in recognition of her The late George challenging Blackburn, MD, PhD Forum during the ASPEN 20 investigational and educational the next congress at the end of March. activities in clinical nutrition. generation of nutrition therapy researchers. The award selection Professor Ana Maria committee chose Paul for this award based on his impressive Menendez receives track record of mentoring fellows, recognition as a residents and others in the area of fellow of ASPEN clinical nutrition and metabolism, which they call (FASPEN) “critical to the future of Ana Maria is the Founder and nutrition.” Executive Director for the

Forty Third ASPEN Presidential Address: “Our Time Is Now – Challenges and Strategies for the Field of Nutrition”

By Dr Nilesh M. Mehta, MD . just published in JPEN , March 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1810 Dr Nilesh M. Mehta, MD

5 ASPEN News

ASPEN mourns the loss of Stanley Dudrick, MD, FACS, Founder and First President of ASPEN Dr Stanley parenteral nutrition, passed away millions of acutely ill adults and Dudrick, on January 18, 2020, at his home children through parenteral recognized in New Hampshire. Dr Dudrick’s nutrition therapy. around the world research and continuing Special Tributes to Dr Dudrick by past for his pioneering commitment to the science of ASPEN presidents and other VIP can be research and nutrition led to one of the most seen on pages 2–3. leadership in the important advances in modern Dr Stanley Dudrick development of surgery, saving the lives of ASPEN Town Hall Webinar ASPEN Leaders held a Town international involvement Hall webinar to update members occurred during the year with on 2019 achievements and ASPEN providing speakers at the planned activities for 2020. ESPEN, FELANPE, PENSA and UAE congresses. The meeting was chaired by Senior journals will be launched. Four Director, Peggi Guenter who Sixteen educational webinars were new clinical guidelines are in introduced President, Lingtak- held, two new books were development, including two Neander Chan who outlined the published and the eLearning covering paediatrics. The team four pillars of ASPEN’s mission center continued supporting the expressed thanks and their and vision, emphasising the online self-assessment and other gratitude to the ASPEN office importance of all member educational programmes. staff, who will carry out more staff volunteers, without whom ASPEN Phil Ayers, Secretary/Treasurer, visits to ASPEN chapters during would have difficulty meeting all reported a surplus of over $71,000 the year. its goals. CEO, Wanda Johnson, on a revenue of $5.3m for the fiscal then reported on the successful ASPEN21 will be held in Denver year to September 2019, with achievements of 2019, notably the Colorado 20–23 March 2021. generous grants for the Rhoads excellent collaboration with the Submit proposals for topics and Research Fund. British and Canadian societies, educational sessions by 24 April BAPEN and CNS, for the very For 2020, two new books on at www.nutritioncare.org/ successful Malnutrition Awareness Parenteral Nutrition and SessionProposal. Abstract Week. This collaboration will Fluid/Electrolytes will be submissions open in July 2020. continue for the next MAW from published and new Apps for See: nutritioncare.org/abstracts 5th–9th October 2020. More ASPEN and the JPEN/NCP

ASPEN Section Volunteer Opportunities

Several ASPEN sections – Critical Care, Dietetics Practice, Neonatal, Nutrition Support Nurses, Pediatric Intestinal Failure, Pediatrics, Pharmacy Practice, and Student – have multiple volunteer leadership opportunities for members for the coming year. ICNS encourages more international representation in these sections. If you are interested, please email Salewa Akintilo, [email protected]

6 ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week™ videos Save the Date: remain available Malnutrition Awareness If you were unable to participate in topics. These short, on-demand Malnutrition Awareness Week™ videos, ideal for busy clinicians, Week™ educational offerings last can be viewed anytime, anywhere. September, you still have the October 5–9 Check out all of the resources at opportunity to see several the Malnutrition Solution educational videos produced by 2020 Center and share them with ASPEN on various malnutrition your colleagues!

ASPEN advice on Coronavirus epidemic ASPEN Value Project reveals $580M in With the coronavirus (COVID-19) with nutrition support. Sepsis is Medicare savings with pandemic spreading globally, just one of the therapeutic areas ASPEN wishes to remind all where nutrition support has Nutrition Support Therapy clinicians that nutrition care is been associated with a decreased A study recently published in JPEN vital, particularly in patients with ICU length of stay and mortality. finds that nutrition support therapy infections: The society has many resources to for specific hospitalized populations l Malnourished hospitalized help clinicians and providers to could reduce Medicare costs by a patients are associated with care for patients, especially the projected $580 million each year. higher hospital costs, longer critically ill, including resources on Value of Nutrition Support Therapy: stays, and increased enteral nutrition and resources on Impact on Clinical and Economic mortality. See ASPEN’s parenteral nutrition. See Outcomes in the United States. malnutrition infographic. nutritioncare.org/ENresources Renay Tyler, DNP; Albert Barrocas, MD; Peggi l The ASPEN Value Project and nutritioncare.org/ Guenter, PhD, RN; Krysmaru Araujo Torres, revealed significant economic PNresources. MD, MSPP; Matthew L. Bechtold, MD; Lingtak Neander Chan, PharmD; Bryan Collier, value and improved outcomes DO. JPEN- January 2020. for patients who are acutely ill https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1768 ASPEN 2020 CONFERENCE CHANGED TO VIRTUAL Last Days to Register at nutritioncare.org/Conference

STRONG INTERNATIONAL INTEREST TO ATTEND CONFERENCE

Due to health and safety concerns Over 200 international delegates brought on by the coronavirus have registered to join virtually. (COVID-19), ASPEN made the Delegates who miss the virtual right decision by changing its in- conference can catch up through person conference to a virtual session recordings which will be event. Much of the original available on the ASPEN eLearning program has been retained: 2 pre- Center at nutritioncare.org/ President, Professsor Lingtak-Naeder Chan conference courses; 25 conference elearning in a few weeks time. afterwards and available later as a sessions including the President’s ASPEN President, Lingtak- JPEN publication. Address, Keynote, Dudrick Neander Chan’s address will be a Symposium, Rhoads Lecture, Invited International guest highlight which will be posted in corporate sponsored programs, speakers at ASPEN20 includes the ASPEN e earning enter and more. L C the Rhoads Research Lecture: Continued on page 8… 7 Professor Mette Berger, MD, Of the 54 international abstracts locks” by Peter Austin, PharmD PhD, from Switzerland. selected for poster presentations, PhD (UK) and “Benefit of 20g 12 were from Canada and 9 were partially hydrolysed guar gum from Latin America. Several (PHGG) intake prior to pelvic international abstracts were chosen radiation on diarrhea frequency for oral presentations, including: and microbiome growth: a “Establishing a laboratory method randomized clinical trial” by ICNS to examine the use of member Hazreen Abdul Majid, antimicrobial intravenous catheter RD, PhD (Malaysia). The BEST International Abstract selected for presentation at the ASPEN20 Congress was: Hellin dos Intestinal Failure on Parenteral adversely impact post-operative Santos, MSc Nutrition” clinical outcomes?” [BRASIL] Chiara D’Eusebio, MD [ITALY] Lisa Martin, PhD, RD “A specialized [CANADA] “Survival and parenteral nutrition nutritional dependence in patients with “A training program for computed formulation chronic intestinal failure on home tomography (CT) body composition protects against parenteral nutrition (HPN): assessment designed for Registered memory deficits Hellin dos Santos, MSc experience over a 30-year period in Dietitians: A pilot study” induced by the Regional Reference Centre of intracerebroventricular infusion Tatsuto Nishigori, MD, PhD, Turin (Italy)” of amyloid-β peptide oligomers FACS [JAPAN] (AβOs) in mice” Ronaldo Oliveira Filho, RD “Changes in skeletal muscle mass [BRASIL] Other International during two years after “Impact of parenteral infusion of esophagectomy: a prospective Abstracts of fish oil containing lipid emulsion cohort study” on lipid peroxidation and Distinction : Jessica Que, BSc [CANADA] antioxidant defenses in rat liver” Abdulsalam Aliyu, MBBS, MSc “The Impact of Daily Probiotics on Rongrong Li, MD [CHINA] [UK] the Incidence and Severity of “Ground-breaking application of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very “Gastrointestinal responses to raw corn starch-based diet in Low Birth Weight Infants” nasogastric tube feeds assessed by patients with insulinoma: a before- MRI: the role of alginate” after prospective study” International Posters Christina Belza, PhD(c), MN, Diana Mager, PhD, MSc, RD of Distinction BScN [CANADA] [CANADA] “Strength and Agility is positively Luis Ortiz, MSc [CANADA] “Does sarcopenia in children with related to Fat Free Mass and Bone end-stage liver disease (ESLD) Katherine Venneri, MSc, FN(c) Mineral Density in Children with [CANADA]

New ASPEN T SHIRT logo decided by majority vote of members

8 International Clinical Nutrition Section News Who’s Who in ICNS Professor Maria Cristina One of Charles’ passions, besides nutrition, is sea Gonzalez, MD obtained a diving. He is a Dive Master, one of the highest ranks Bachelor’s in Medicine from in diving for which you require multiple qualifications Pontifícia Universidade Católica de such as diver medicine and rescue competencies. Campinas, Brazil (1982), a master’s in Epidemiology from Universidade Federal de Pelotas (1999) and doctorate in Epidemiology from Universidade Federal de Pelotas (2002). During her Ph.D., she Professor Maria stayed four months in the Obesity Cristina Gonzalez Research Center at St Luke’s Roosevelt, Columbia University, NY, USA and then in 2013 carried out Post-Doctoral research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana State University, USA, where she has retained the position of Adjunct Instructor in Metabolism and Body Composition Lab. Cristina is a Professor at the Catholic University of Pelotas, working at the graduation level of Medical School and Postgraduate The board of the ACNC Program in Health and Behavior, and is an Associate Professor for the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition Who’s Who in WASPEN and Food, and the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, at the Federal University of Pelotas. She Mrs Udo-Christopher, has experience in Medicine and Nutrition, focusing on Uzoamaka C. is a registered body composition, researching the following subjects: Nurse/Midwife/Critical Care nutritional assessment, bioelectrical impedance Nurse and member of WASPEN. analysis, nutritional support in surgery, elderly, and She has a bachelor’s degree in oncology. Cristina is a long time member of ASPEN Nursing Science from Texila for over 20 years and has contributed to several American University in Guyana working groups, notably the recent GLIM and is a member of Nigeria Society ASPEN/ESPEN recommendations on defining and Udo-Christopher, of Critical Care Nurses. With over treating malnutrition. Uzoamaka C. 15 years of clinical practice in the hospital, her passion for uncompromised care has Dr Charles E. Bermúdez P., MD, led to opportunities to provide several basic nursing FACS is President of the courses in critical care at University of Jos Teaching Colombian Association Of Hospital in Nigeria. In addition, she is currently the Clinical Nutrition (ACNC) and coordinator of an intensive care unit at Delta State Chief of Nutrition and University Teaching Hospital in Oghara, Nigeria. Nutritional Support in the Clinica Her interest in parenteral nutrition for critically ill la Colina, part of the Clínica del patients in the intensive care unit has made her a Country hospital group in registered member of WASPEN. She is ecstatic to Bogota, Colombia. have the privilege to not only collaborate with Dr Charles E. Dr Bermúdez is a general surgeon, ASPEN through WASPEN, but also work with Dr Bermúdez P. specializing in laparoscopy and Teresa Pounds and her ICNS colleagues. She looks in medical law and is Professor of the National forward to advocating for critically ill patients in Cancer Institute. He has been a member of ASPEN dire need of parenteral nutrition. She currently for six years and is a Fellow of the American College resides in Delta State, Nigeria, and is happily married of Surgeons. with children.

9 New Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for ICNS Acting Chair , Dr Theo Wong Virtual Forum in April (date to and Acting Chair-elect , Dr be determined). Eliza Francisco , pictured right, If you are interested in joining will be presented to the ICNS the SLT or becoming more active Acting Chair, membership as the leadership in ICNS, please email Dr Theo Dr Theo Wong and slate for 2020 –2022. The slate Wong: [email protected] Acting Chair-elect, will be presented at the ICNS Dr Eliza Francisco

Books and Key Publications from ICNS Members and Other International Authors Stanley Dudrick: A Man Nutrition”. Klek, S., Martindale, R.G. Martindale, R.G., Berlana, D., JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S21 –S27. doi: Who Dared to Change 10.1002/jpen What We Used to Know. Boullata, J.I., Cai, W., Calder, Klek, S,. Hardy, G. P.C., Deshpande, G.H., Evans, Lipids in Parenteral D., Garcia-de-Lorenzo, A., Clin. Nutr. March 2020 (in press) Nutrition: Introduction. Goulet, O.J., Li, A., Mayer, K., Martindale, R.G., Klek, S. Mundi, M.S., Muscaritoli, M., 100-y Anniversary of JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S5 –S6. doi: Harris-Benedict Pradelli, L., Rosenthal, M., Seo, 10.1002/jpen.1739 Equation. J.M., Waitzberg, D.L., Klek, S. JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S7 –S20. doi: Pharmacoeconomics of Szczygiel, B., Klek, S., Skronski, 10.1002/jpen M.K., Ukleja, A., Slodkowski, M. Parenteral Nutrition Nutrition . 2020; 2. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2019. Use of Lipids in Adult with ω-3 Fatty Acids in 110716 Patients Requiring Hospitalized Adults. Tributes to our First Parenteral Nutrition in Pradelli, L., Muscaritoli, M., Klek, S., Martindale, R.G. President and Founding the Home Setting. JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S68 –S73. doi: Father, Stanley J. Mundi, M.S., Klek, S., 10.1002/jpen. Dudrick, MD, FACS, Martindale, R.G. JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S39 –S44. doi: Use of Catheter Lock FASPEN. 10.1002/jpen Solutions in Patients Tappenden, K.A., Dudrick, S.J. Jr, Chan, L.N., Daly, J.M., Steiger, Lipid Use in Hospitalized Receiving Home E., Barrocas, A., Compher, C., Adults Requiring Parenteral Nutrition: A Winkler, M.F., Kliger, R.G., Yu, Parenteral Nutrition. Systematic Review and J., Klek, S., Hardy, G., Pimiento, Mayer, K., Klek, S., García-de- Individual-Patient Data J.M., Bishop, J,. Bond, B., Lorenzo, A., Rosenthal, M.D., Li, Meta-analysis. Tillman, E.M. A., Evans, D.C., Muscaritoli, M., Wouters, Y., Causevic, E., Klek, JPEN . 2020 Feb;44(2):159 –171. doi: Martindale, R.G. 10.1002/jpen.1812. S., Groenewoud, H., Wanten, JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S28 –S38 G.J.A. Protein Requirements in Use of Intravenous Lipid JPEN . 2020 Jan 27. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1761. Critical Illness: Do We Emulsions with Parenteral ESPEN Practical Really Know Why to Give Nutrition: Practical Guideline: Clinical So Much? Handling Aspects. Nutrition in Leyderman, I., Yaroshetskiy, A., Boullata, J.I., Berlana, D., Pietka, Inflammatory Bowel Klek, S. M., Klek, S., Martindale, R. JPEN . 2020 Feb 11. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1792. Disease. JPEN . 2020 Feb;44 Suppl 1:S74 –S81 doi: 10.1002/jpen Bischoff, S.C., Escher, J., Summary of Proceedings Hébuterne, X., Klek, S., and Expert Consensus Lipids in Parenteral Krznaric, Z., Schneider, S., Statements from the Nutrition: Biological Shamir, R., Stardelova, K., International Summit Aspects. Wierdsma, N., Wiskin, A.E., “Lipids in Parenteral Calder, P.C., Waitzberg, D.L., Forbes, A. Continued on page 11… 10 Clin. Nutr. 2020 Jan 13. pii: Representative Sample of A Single-Center S0261–5614(19)33128-0. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.11.002 Adult Greek Population. Prospective Dimakopoulos, I., Magriplis, E., Home Parenteral Observational Study Mitsopoulou, A.-V., Comparing Resting Nutrition with an Karageorgou, D., Bakogianni, Omega-3-fatty-acid- I., Micha, R., Michas, G., Energy Expenditure in enriched MCT/LCT Lipid Chourdakis, M., Chroussos, G., Different Phases of Emulsion in Patients with Roma, E., Panagiotakos, D.B., Critical Illness: Indirect Zampelas, A. Calorimetry Versus Chronic Intestinal Nutrition. 2019, 72, 110641 (15 Nov 2019, online ahead of print) Predictive Equations. Failure (The HOME Tah P.C., Lee, Z.Y., Poh, B.K., Study): Study Protocol Abdul Majid, H. et al. for a Randomized, Critical Care Medicine. (2020 In press) Controlled, Multicenter, International Clinical Trial. Klek, S., Chambrier, C., Cooper, S.C., Gabe, S., Kunecki, M., Pironi, L., Rahman, F., Sobocki, J., Szczepanek, K., Wanten, G., Lincke, N., Glotzbach, B., Forbes, A. Trials. 2019 Dec 30;20(1):808. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3994-z. Association Between and Trace Element Status A Tribute to the Late AND ASPEN in Sick Children: A Stanley J. Dudrick MD – Malnutrition- Criteria Position Paper from the Pioneer, innovator and and Hospital Mortality in European Society for forward thinker. Critically Ill Trauma Paediatric Klek, S,. Hardy, G. Patients: A Prospective Gastroenterology For the International Clinical Nutrition Section (ICNS) of the American Society Cohort Study. Hepatology, and for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Guilherme Duprat Ceniccola Nutrition Committee (ASPEN). (Complete Nutrition RD, PhD et al., Brazil https//:nutrition2me.com). on Nutrition. JPEN. February 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1795 ESPGHAN Committee on Intake and Contribution Nutrition: Konstantinos of Food Groups to Assessment and Gerasimidis et al. Vitamin D Intake in a Interpretation of Vitamin JPGN. 2020 (in press)

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New ASPEN Releases! Load the Journal App on Your Phone and Tablet Get the Download the “ASPEN Journal” app in the App Store or Google Play to have JPEN and NCP at your fingertips. Parenteral Nutrition Fluids, Electrolytes, and Most Handbook, Third Edition Acid-Base Disorders Listen to Journal Podcasts Updated with the latest safety Handbook, Second Edition Out of No time to read your journals? Listen to the JPEN and NCP recommendations and clinical A completely updated and podcasts to stay up to date. Search “ASPEN Podcasts” on guidelines. Includes: practical guide to maintaining Soundcloud. • New chapters on competency, hydration and electrolyte balance, ASPEN multi-chamber bags, and including: Earn CE Credits Reading Articles electronic health records • Diagnostic tests and therapeutic Journals Free to members! Read select articles from JPEN and NCP • Sections on order review, goals and earn valuable CE credits. Look for articles with compounding, and • Critical tables and formulas the CE logo. drug shortage management • Comprehensive coverage of Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition sodium disorders wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jpen • ISSN: 0148-6071 Volume 44 • Number 1 • January 2020 Discuss JPEN Articles in a Journal Club • Vital pediatric considerations • Instructive patient scenarios Each JPEN issue features an article written for journal clubs.

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British Pharmacopoeia proposes undergone a major update to testing and compares U.S. and new monograph for PN with limit reflect current regulations and European approaches. Additional for Aluminium contamination best practices. chapters cover the use of hydrogen peroxide and other methods for Definition: Parenteral nutrition The Cleaning and Disinfection decontaminating isolators; how to solutions contain essential handbook is aimed at those audit disinfectant suppliers; and nutrition requirements in the form working within the pharmaceutical regulations/quality assurance. of protein (amino acids), and healthcare sectors around the carbohydrate (glucose) and fat world as well as providing valuable Assembled by expert practitioners, (lipids), together with electrolytes, information for professionals, the book balances theoretical trace elements and vitamins. The students and for the general reader. concepts with sound practical solutions comply with the advice, and is likely to become the The book provides comprehensive requirements stated under definitive text on keeping detail on different types of Parenteral Preparations and with contamination in control within disinfectants and their modes of the following requirements. Where clean areas and controlled action; explains the problems of appropriate the solutions also environments. With this second microbial destruction and comply with the requirements edition, the book is fully updated resistance; introduces cleaning stated under Unlicensed Medicines. in line with the latest standards techniques and the latest safety and regulations; a new validation Aluminium: Not more than 25 regulations; expounds upon the strategy approach; revised g/L, when determined by atomic application of cleaning within information on safety regulations; absorption spectrophotometry healthcare and pharmaceutical and more. with at least three reference environments, noting current solutions in the range spanning the national and international The book is available from all expected aluminium concentration standards. The book also provides Amazon stores. ISBN13 of the test solution by diluting guidance on disinfectant efficacy 9781781487686. aluminium standard solution (25 ppm Al) with the test solution, and measuring the absorbance at 309.3 ASPEN Journal Podcasts nm using an aluminium hollow- cathode lamp as the radiation l JPEN: “Relationship Between l JPEN: The Value of source and a graphite furnace. Dietary Fiber Intake and Nutrition Support Therapy: The CDC Short-Chain Fatty Acid– Impact on Clinical and Handbook: A Producing Bacteria During Economic Outcomes in the Guide to Cleaning Critical Illness: A Prospective US (Listen) and Disinfecting Cohort Study” (Listen). l NCP: Dispelling Myths and Cleanrooms l NCP: “Hepatic Unfounded Practices About Encephalopathy and ( ) This bestselling Enteral Nutrition Listen . book edited by Dr Nutritional Influences: A Narrative Review” (Listen). Subscribe to "ASPEN Tim Sandie, was Podcasts" on Soundcloud. first published in 2012 and it has

12 New Guidelines for Neonatal PN from NICE UK

The UK National recently published NICE l administration of neonatal PN Institute for Guideline 154 for Neonatal l energy needs of babies on Health and Care Parenteral Nutrition neonatal PN Excellence (NICE) https://www.nice.org.uk/ l neonatal PN volume provides national February 2020 guidance and l constituents of neonatal PN This guideline covers Parenteral advice to improve l standardised neonatal PN Nutrition for babies born preterm, health and social (‘standardised bags’) up to 28 days after their due birth care. The NICE date and babies born at term. PN is l monitoring neonatal PN Dr Theodoric Wong committee often needed by preterm babies, l stopping neonatal PN authors for Neonatal Parenteral critically ill babies, and babies who Nutrition that includes Dr Theo l service design need surgery. The NICE guideline Wong, ICNS Acting Chair and l information and support for includes recommendations on: Consultant Paediatric parents and carers. Gastroenterologist at Birmingham l indications for, and timing of, Children’s Hospital UK, has neonatal PN FAIR FOR RARE DISEASES events in Australia and New Zealand Chris Walker, President of the Australasian HPN patients support group ‘Parenteral Nutrition Down Under’ (PNDU) attended the Rare diseases event at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on the 26th and 27th February. The Australian Minister for Health, The Hon. Greg Hunt, launched the National Strategic Action Plan for Rare Diseases to deliver the best possible health and life outcomes for the two million Australians living with rare diseases, which was supported by Chris’ local MP Meryl Swanson. In Wellington, New Zealand, iPEN editor, Gil Hardy PNDU President Chris Walker with Meryl Swanson, MP represented PNDU at a similar event in ‘The Beehive’ New Zealand’s parliament, hosted by Dr Liz Craig, MP, right. Lisa Foster, CEO of Rare Diseases NZ, far right, launched a collective call for a National Framework which included a booklet outlining the seven points in the Framework a White Paper: based on the results of the 2019 Rare Disorder survey and a Petition calling for a National Rare Disorder Framework.

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AuSPEN (Australia and New Zealand)

The 45th Annual AuSPEN 2019 Professor Kevin Whelan, Professor conference “Bench to Bedside” of Dietetics at King’s College was held in Adelaide Australia London, UK. Professor Michael from 23–25 November 2019. The Hiesmayr from Switzerland and conference programme Danielle Bear Clinical Doctoral incorporated basic science, clinical Fellow, Department of Critical research, policy and practice and lead attendees on a translational Care, Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Marion Winkler Prof. Kevin Whelan nutrition focused journey from the Foundation Trust, London. laboratory into clinical practice ASPEN past President and current Foundation, Marion Winkler, and beyond. Guest speakers were President of the Rhoads PhD, RD.

The AuSPEN Advanced nutrition support looking to acute phase response, Nutrition Course was held from enhance their learning, the course intermediary metabolism, 19–22 February 2020. The course aimed to meet the professional nutritional assessment and was designed to enhance the development needs of experienced objective measurements of body knowledge and understanding of and interested clinicians in the area composition and function, the principles and application of of clinical nutrition. nutritional requirements in nutrition support for those different disease states, involved in the nutritional care of Through the use of facilitated complexities of enteral and patients. With a multidisciplinary discussion, problem-based learning parenteral nutrition, the focus to suit all health and a seminar-style environment, compromised gut, leadership professionals with an active role in topics included the role of the and research.

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14 The Colombian Association of Clinical Nutrition (ACNC) Contributed considered as a starting point for by Dr Diana the development of actions that Cárdenas. seek to promote the right to nutritional care and the fight The Colombian against malnutrition. The Association of principles established therein Clinical must be transformed into concrete Nutrition has actions. To this end, tools are put all their Dr Diana Cárdenas being designed to translate the efforts into core concept of the 13 principles promoting education and the into actions. development of clinical nutrition in Colombia and Latin America. A Call to Action In addition to regional symposiums throughout the year, The ACNC global call to unite in the ACNC organizes the 34th fighting malnutrition and Colombian Congress of respecting the right to nutritional Metabolism and Clinical care. This implies embracing the Nutrition , that will be held at 13th statement of the Declaration: Agora Congress Center, in Bogota, “The FELANPE urges the States and from 27 –29 August, 2020 . This whose 13 principles constitute the the Human Rights Council of the United will be an opportunity to share basis for promoting the Nations to recognize this Declaration knowledge and experiences with development of nutritional care in and therefore the Right to Nutritional national and international the clinical field. Also, at the same Care as a human right as it guarantees experts. The congress will offer time raising awareness among all people, especially the malnourished pre-congress courses like ESPEN public authorities and academic ill, access to nutritional care and, in LLL courses and a workshop on institutions. It will serve as an particular, optimal and timely research in Clinical Nutrition. The instrument for governments to nutritional therapy in order to reduce best research abstracts will be promote the formulation of the high rates of hospital malnutrition awarded, within the framework of policies and legislation in the field and the associated morbidity and the 34th version of the research of clinical nutrition. We believe mortality, among other things” . prize dedicated to José Félix that the general framework of Thus, on behalf of the Patiño Restrepo . During the principles proposed by the Colombian Association on Congress, Latin American experts Declaration can contribute to Metabolism and Clinical will work on the validation by raising awareness about the Nutrition (ACNC), it is a great consensus of the toolkit for the magnitude of this problem and pleasure to invite you to the Cartagena Declaration on the forging cooperation networks 34th Colombian Congress of Right to Nutritional Care and between the countries of the Metabolism and Clinical the Fight Against Malnutrition . region, indeed the world. The (Figure 1). Nutrition taking place in Bogotá, Cartagena Declaration should be Colombia, and to actively The Cartagena Declaration was participate in signed on May 3rd 2019, by these activities. representatives of all Latin American PEN societies together The Journal of with Dr Rocco Barazzoni, Clinical representing ESPEN (back row, Nutrition and far right) and Dr Juan Ochoa, Metabolism representing ASPEN (front row (Revista de 2nd from right). Nutrición Clínica y The Declaration recognizes the Metabolismo ) right to nutritional care as a human right and should be To present and considered a framework document promote the Continued on page 16… 15 Cartagena Declaration and the America. right to nutritional care, the Finally, Rocco RNCM journal published a Barazzoni, supplement in Spanish and President of English, in December 2019. The ESPEN articles contain the key elements confirms the to know and to understand the European 13 principles of the Declaration, support of this the legal and ethical aspects as well initiative and as the importance of recognizing invites us all to the right to nutritional care. continue the A supplement on the importance efforts. of an interdisciplinary approach to guaranteeing all people, especially https://revistanutricionclinica clinical nutrition, with the malnourished and ill, access to metabolismo.org/index.php/ contributions from nurses, nutritional care and, in particular, nutricionclinicametabolismo/ nutritionists, physicians and optimal and timely nutritional issue/view/6 pharmacists to address the therapy in order to reduce the high problem was edited by Sonia Among the various articles the rates of hospital malnutrition and Echerverri, RN, FASPEN, with an message is clear: The human- the associated morbidity and invited article by iPEN editor, Gil rights based approach could mortality among other Hardy (Revista de Nutrición Clínica y contribute to the development of consequences”. It is important to Metabolismo. 2019;2(Supl.1):63–75). clinical nutrition. This approach highlight, that this does not mean The issue opens with an editorial allows the iby dentification of the that everyone has the “right” to from Charles Bermudez, main priorities and objectives in claim to be fed under any President of the Colombian order to fight against circumstance or during every stage Clinical Nutrition Association, malnutrition and implement of life, including the terminal who has been the leader and the optimal nutritional care for phase. On the contrary, driver of this initiative. An everyone. Thus, the right to recognizing this right implies that Editorial from Dolores nutritional care is a human right the best decision for the patient Rodriguez, President of that needs to be recognized must be taken and this may FELANPE, recognizes the internationally as “the Right to include the decision not to feed. importance of this topic in Latin Nutritional Care as a human right, Vietnam Dietetic Association Contributed public health nutrition… The VDA Vice President – General by Dr Nguyen provides a lifelong, continuous Secretary Viet Quynh education system which improves Nghiem Nguyet Thu MD, PhD – Thu. the ability of dietitians and National Geriatric Hospital. nutrition-related medical staff. The Vietnam Vice President Dietetic President Nguyen Viet Quynh Thu MD, MSc, Association Prof. Le Danh Tuyen – National Specialist level II – FV Hospital. (VDA) was Institute of Nutrition. founded on Dr Nguyen Viet Quynh 7 November Thur 2019. The VDA has contributed to improve nutrition for all Vietnamese people. The members of VDA are mainly nutrition related medical doctors, dietitians and nurses working in clinical nutrition department in hospitals. The members also include those related to school nutrition, health/sports nutrition,

Continued on page 17… 16 Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Do Huy – Assoc. Prof. Lam Vinh Nien – Ho Chi Nguyen The Thanh MD, Specialist National Institute of Nutrition. Minh Medical and Pharmacological level II – Bach Mai Hospital. University Hospital. Luu Ngan Tam MD, PhD – Cho Ray Hospital.

Iranian Society of Nutrition

Contributed Three LLL ESPEN Courses were by Dr Lucy held two days before the main Sutanto symposium; Approach to Parenteral Nutrition, Nutritional The 3rd Support in Gastrointestinal International Disorders, and Nutritional Clinical Support in Cancer courses. Nutrition Dr Lucy Sutanto Conference , entitled “Fighting Malnutrition in Hospitals” was held in Mashhad, Iran, 17 –19 February 2020. Chaired by Dr Abdolreza Norouzy , the event was organized by Mahhad University Medical Sciences, supported by PENSA and the Indonesian Nutrition Association (INA) with guest speaker Dr Luciano Sutanto .

Guest speaker, Dr Lucy Sutanto representing the Indonesian Nutrition Association (center) with local Iranian faculty Indian Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (IAPEN) Dr Harish guest speaker Professor Takashi Ambekar, Ambekar, Hon Higashiguchi, MD, PhD , IAPEN’s long President, Chairman of the Board of journey from IAPEN Trustees for the Japanese Society 2012 to establish Bengaluru for Parenteral and Enteral a multi- Chapter Nutrition (JSPEN), Japan. disciplinary invited society devoted With the theme “Advancing members of to the study of Surgical Nutrition in India” the IAPEN to metabolic conference explored new topics in participate in problems Dr Harish Ambeka surgical nutrition and application Professor Takashi the International conference on associated with Higashiguchi of various Nutrition Intervention Surgical Nutrition held in acute diseases and their nutritional techniques in different Indian Bangalore, India from implications and management is clinical settings. According to Dr 22nd –23rd November 2019 with taking new heights. Continued on page 18…

17 Delegates at IAPEN International conference on surgical nutrition in 2019

Faculty at IAPEN International Conference on Surgical Nutrition The British Association For Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) highlighting BAPEN’s getting involved in the fight commitment to the importance of against hospital malnutrition.

BAPEN Chair, Dr Trevor Smith welcoming delegates BAPEN Panel discussion on BAPEN Annual Conference was IF/HPN chaired by Dr Smith (far held in November 2019 in left) with contributions from Dr Belfast UK. Jeremy Nightingale (second from BAPEN Chair, Dr Trevor Smith Dr Peter Collins from Brisbane right) and Carolyn Wheatley of welcomed delegates and launched Australia presenting on the PINNT representing HPN patients the latest video: “Nutrition importance of nutrition support (far right). Matters. BAPEN Matters” in COPD.

18 West African Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WASPEN) Update

By Dr Teresa I. l Promote safe and effective Inauguration Conference is Pounds, nutrition support therapy. anticipated to take place July or PharmD, August 2020 in either Lagos or l Promote professional BCNSP. Abuja, Nigeria. NAFDAC, a communication among and partner of WASPEN, has been The first online within professional disciplines invited to be in attendance. Dr meeting of for both enteral and parenteral Pounds also discussed the Dr Teresa Pounds WASPEN was nutrition. incorporation of WASPEN to the held on February 9th at 9 pm. The l Support research in the field of U.S.A., the creation of the website, meeting was chaired by Dr Teresa clinical nutrition. and membership dues. She Pounds , President of WASPEN , encouraged current WASPEN and key group leaders (Secretary, l Encourage professional members to attend the March P.R.O., Treasurer) and other existing competency among 2020 ASPEN conference in and new members, comprising practitioners and investigators Tampa, Florida as well as the physicians, pharmacists, nurses in clinical nutrition to improve March 2021 ASPEN conference in and dietitians, were in attendance. patient care through Denver, Colorado. She reported Dr Pounds reviewed the purpose postgraduate and continuing that nutrition assessment and and goals of WASPEN: education programs. support surveys have been l Maintain a forum or avenue During the meeting, Dr Pounds distributed and analyses are still that allows exchange of ideas discussed plans for the upcoming in progress. in the area of specialized year, which includes the nutrition support. Inauguration Conference. The

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