Medical Nutrition Therapy for Medically Complex Infants in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting
Growth Failure in Medically Complex Infants, Growth Failure, Malnutrition in Medically Complex Infants
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Growth Failure in Medically Complex Infants
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Standardized Medical Nutrition Therapy
Usual Care
Standardized Medical Nutrition Therapy will include nutrition assessment provided by a registered dietitian (RD) at initial clinic visit or first Well Child Check (WCC) and regularly scheduled nutrition follow-up at each WCC visit thereafter.
At the primary care provider's discretion, a nutrition consult can be requested for the RD to perform nutrition assessment or discuss the patient's plan without full nutrition assessment, as is current practice. Currently in the Neonatal High-Risk Clinic (NHRC) and High Risk Children's Clinic (HRCC) at UTHealth, providers consult the RD as deemed appropriate with no established criteria for when to include the RD in patient care. Usual care will not be modified by the study protocol.