Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer

Agenda:

• 09.00 – 09.05: Welcome and introduction – Rachel Richardson, Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Nurse, Pancreatic Cancer UK
• 09.05 – 09.15: Lived experience video
• 09.15 – 10.05: Nutritional assessment – Rebekah Lord, Senior Specialist HPB Dietitian, University Hospitals Leicester
• 10.05 – 10.15: Break
• 10.15 – 11.30: Nutritional management – speaker to be confirmed
• 11.30 – 11.40: Break
• 11.40 – 12.25: Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy – Sarah Jeffrey, HPB Dietitian, Manchester Royal Infirmary
• 12.25 – 12.30 Close

You will have the opportunity to submit questions throughout the event and these will be answered during Q&A sessions held at the end of each presentation.

Nutritional assessment:

• Overview of cachexia, sarcopenia, malnutrition and frailty
• Malabsorption and how this impacts on cachexia, sarcopenia, malnutrition and frailty
• Factors affecting nutritional status
• How to assess nutritional status – calculating nutritional requirements and functional tests and tools
• Assessing for vitamin deficiency
• Prehabilitation

Nutritional management:

• Managing appetite loss
• Diet fortification and oral nutritional supplements
• Enteral feeding
• Stent dietary advice
• Surgery – including pre- and post-surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
• Bile acid malabsorption (BAM) / Bile acid diarrhoea (BAD)
• Dumping syndrome
• Introduction type 3c diabetes and how it impacts on nutrition

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT):

• PEI – Causes, consequences, symptoms and diagnosis
• PERT – Who needs it, what it does, how to take it effectively and titrating the dose; focus on enteral feeding, troubleshooting and differential diagnosis; Signposting to PERT shortage guidance

This session is suitable for all healthcare professionals treating and supporting people with pancreatic cancer, no matter your level or role. It is particularly relevant for dietitians and nursing roles, including student dietitians and nurses.

What platform will this event be hosted on?

This event will be held on Zoom Webinar. After you book, you will receive an email via Zoom with the joining details. You can join on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone – any device with an internet connection. 

If you don’t have access to the internet, you can also dial in from a standard telephone. 

If you have any additional access needs or special requirements for attending this event, please get in touch with us by emailing hpnetwork@pancreaticcancer.org.uk  so we can discuss these with you.

Will I receive a certificate of attendance?

Everyone who joins the event live on the day will get access to their certificate of attendance upon filling in the feedback form. Certificates are only available to live attendees. 

Will the event be recorded?

Yes – where the speakers are happy to be recorded. After the event, we will email all registrants with a link to the recordings and presentation slides. So if you’re unable to join the live session, you will be able to catch up at a later date. For the best experience, we recommend joining live.