Medical Nutrition Therapy for Medically Complex Infants in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting

Medical Nutrition Therapy for Medically Complex Infants in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting. A Quality Improvement Project

The purpose of this study is to compare standardized nutrition therapy provided by a registered dietitian (RD) at regularly scheduled intervals to usual care in terms of the ability to improve growth parameters in medically complex infants in the pediatric outpatient setting.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are admitted between July, 2018 and June, 2019 to the Neonatal High-Risk Clinic (NHRC) and High Risk Children's Clinic (HRCC) at UT Health from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Exclusion Criteria:

• short bowel syndrome,
• requiring parenteral nutrition (PN)
• active cancer