The Journey from COVID Inpatient to Post-COVID/Post ICU Syndrome

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This webinar was presented live on May 9, 2023.

This webinar reviews inpatient nutrition care of the Covid-19 patients and the impact of nutrition on outpatient recovery.

CPE Level: 1
CPEU: 1
Performance Indicators: 10.3.4, 8.2.1, 8.2.3

Learning Objectives

• Explain how nutrition provision to inpatients suffering from COVID-19 has changed with knowledge gained over the course of the pandemic. 
• Discuss lessons learned from feeding (or not feeding) patients with COVID-19 across the continuum.
• Describe how nutrition provided in the inpatient setting may impact outpatient recovery throughout the continuum of care.

Speaker

Beth Taylor, DCN, AP-RD, FAND, FASPEN, FCCM

Beth is currently a research scientist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO, prior to her current position she spent 18 years as the nutrition support specialist in the surgical/trauma intensive care unit. She is active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the Dietitians in Nutrition Support, a practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, serving in leadership and committee roles. Beth has obtained fellowship status in both SCCM and ASPEN. She has provided national and international lectures surrounding critical care nutrition and was one of the lead authors on the 2016 SCCM/ASPEN guidelines for Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient. Her research interests include the impact of malnutrition and critical illness on in-hospital complications and long-term recovery.