Clinical Nutrition

Clinical Nutrition Department The Clinical Nutrition Department of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center was established in March 2012 and currently has 7 members, including 2 chief physicians, 2 associate chief nutritionists + technicians, 2 attending physicians + technicians, 1 resident physician, and 1 nutrition nurse. It undertakes work for the 4 campuses of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center (Guangzhou Women’s and Children’s Health Care Hospital, Guangzhou Children’s Hospital, Guangzhou Women and Infants Hospital, and Zengcheng Campus), including inpatient nutrition consultations, clinical nutrition specialty outpatient services (pediatric nutrition and perinatal nutrition), nutrition academic lectures + academic conferences, and nutrition and health public-welfare activities. The Clinical Nutrition Department has clearly specified the job responsibilities of physicians at all levels and formulated strict regulations for prescription authority management, a consultation system, a three-level physician ward-round system, and an enteral and parenteral nutrition management system. It has dedicated nutrition specialty medical records to record and track the nutrition treatment plans of consulting patients, their implementation, and their effects, and actively cooperates with all wards in nutrition and health education, significantly reducing the length of hospital stay and hospitalization costs of inpatients. It also operates seven major medical service programs: medical management of preterm infants after discharge, pediatric nutrition and feeding, prevention and treatment of simple obesity in children, prevention and treatment of lead exposure in children, preconception nutrition guidance + pregnancy nutrition monitoring, dietary management of diabetes, and breastfeeding guidance outpatient services. It also monitors children’s longitudinal growth velocity to identify potential malnutrition or growth retardation in a timely manner and provides individualized nutrition and feeding guidance. Achievements: 1, It organizes 2 national-level/provincial-level/municipal-level continuing medical education programs every year: 《Medical Management of Preterm Infants After Discharge》 and 《Prevention and Treatment of Simple Obesity in Children》. It popularizes and trains pediatricians and child healthcare physicians throughout the country in medical management skills for preterm infants after discharge and simple obesity in children, receiving widespread acclaim. 2, In 2013, it established the first human milk bank in Mainland China and actively promoted the establishment and development of human milk banks nationwide. To date, 25 human milk banks have been successfully operating nationwide. 3, In 2019, it received the title of 《High-Level Clinical Key Specialty of Guangdong Province》. 4, In 2019, it received the title of 《Excellent Department for Discipline Development》 from the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. 5, Dr. Liu Xihong, the department head and discipline leader, led/participated in drafting multiple expert recommendations: 《Post-Discharge Feeding Recommendations for Preterm Infants/Low-Birth-Weight Infants》 (2009), 《Post-Discharge Feeding Recommendations for Preterm/Low-Birth-Weight Infants》 (2016), 《Expert Recommendations on the Operation of Human Milk Banks in Mainland China》 (2017), 《Recommendations on Promoting Breastfeeding for Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units》 (2017), 《Expert Recommendations on Quality and Safety Management in the Operation of Human Milk Banks in Mainland China》 (2017), and 《Expert Consensus on Nutritional Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants》 (2020). Scope of the Clinical Nutrition Specialty Outpatient Clinic: 1, Medical management of preterm infants/low-birth-weight infants after discharge 2, Prevention and treatment of simple obesity in children 3, Growth and developmental retardation (nutritional guidance for, for example, wasting, short stature, slow growth and development, etc.) 4, Management of pediatric nutritional diseases (such as rickets, micronutrient deficiencies, anemia, abnormal bone mineral content, etc.) 5, Behavioral correction for feeding difficulties or feeding disorders (such as playing while eating, mealtimes exceeding half an hour, etc.) 6, Postoperative nutrition management (including after neonatal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, congenital heart disease surgery, intestinal resection, enterostomy, short bowel syndrome, organ transplantation, etc.) 7, Nutrition guidance for children with chronic diseases (such as chronic digestive tract diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, chronic kidney diseases, diabetes, etc.) 8, Breastfeeding guidance + human milk bank management 9, Preconception nutrition guidance + pregnancy nutrition monitoring 10, Nutritional management of gestational diabetes Specialty Outpatient Clinic Times and Locations: 1, General outpatient clinic: 1)Zhujiang New Town Campus: Pediatric nutrition: Clinical Nutrition Department outpatient clinic, 2nd floor of the outpatient department, Monday through Friday all day, Saturday morning. Perinatal nutrition: Perinatal Nutrition Clinic, 3rd floor of the outpatient department, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday all day, Tuesday morning. 2)Children’s Hospital: Clinical Nutrition Department outpatient clinic, 2nd floor of the outpatient department, Monday and Wednesday mornings. 3)Women and Infants Hospital: Perinatal Nutrition Clinic, 2nd floor of the outpatient department, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday all day, Wednesday morning. 2, Liu Xihong Expert Special-Needs Clinic: Zhujiang New Town Campus: Special Diagnosis Clinic, 2nd floor of the outpatient department, Monday afternoon, Friday morning, and Sunday afternoon. Children’s Campus: Special Diagnosis Clinic, 3rd floor of Building 3, Thursday afternoon. Consultation phone: 020-38076328.