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Erika Céspedes Cordero
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Erika Céspedes Cordero

Clinical Nutrition
Nutrition
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly
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  • Infinitum Complejo HospitalarioUruca, San José, San José, Costa Rica
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Procedures (21)

Dietary Management of Patients with Cancer or Metabolic Diseases
Feeding management of patients with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.
Management of tube feeding, Gastrostomy (PEG) and open devices, Jejunostomy.
Nutrition management of patients undergoing dental procedures that compromise their nutrition
Nutrition management with modified plans for patients undergoing COVID treatments in recovery
General Inquiry
Accompaniment in food allergies
Advice on transition to solid foods
Body composition analysis
Body fat percentage diminution
Cardiac patient nutrition
Follow-up visit
House visit
Muscle building plan
Nutrition for polycystic ovary
Nutritional treatment in radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Obesity control
Online Medicine
Pre and Post Surgery Treatment
Tube feeding (enteral nutrition)
Vegetarian Care
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Medical conditions (21)

Arterial hypertension
Chronic inflammation
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetes
Food intolerance
Gestational diabetes
High blood pressure
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Insulin problem
Liver problems
Loss of appetite for elderly person
Metabolic alterations
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolism problems
Morbid obesity
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Overweight
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Underweight
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General Info

About me

From a very young age I admired medical professionals for their intimate and close relationship with patients, which easily guided me to know what my vocation was. Later I specialized in Clinical Nutriology due to a life experience that showed me that feeding in some moments, becomes an effective medical therapy that saves lives.

Languages

Español

Education

Degrees
  • Doctor of medicine and surgery. Universidad Hispanoamericana. 2007
Courses
  • II International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Cancer Speaker Topic: Algorithm of perioperative nutritional care in patients undergoing gastrectomy.

    2018

  • National Medical Congress 2018 "Innovative medicine: from the basic to the complex" Speaker Topic: Nutritional Management of the patient with head and neck cancer.

    2018

  • II Costa Rican Symposium on Nutritional and Metabolic Support 2018 Metabolic - Nutritional Approach to Fistula Quilosa.

    2018

  • Update Seminar in Clinical Nutriology Exhibitor Topic: Types and Characteristics of Hospital Enteral Feeding

    2017

  • XVIII National Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Costa Rica Speaker Topic: Parenteral Nutrition in the Gynecological Critical Patient.

    2016

  • VII Regional Scientific Conference of the Americas San Pedro Sula-Honduras Network of training program in Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (TEPHINET) Presentation of Poster Topic: Analysis of the database on respiratory pathology according to hospital discharges Dr. Tony Facio Regional Hospital Castro Limón period 2006-2010.

    2010

Trainings
  • III Cancer Congress in Oncology and Radiotherapy. 2020

  • INBODY participation certificate Effective hours: 4 hours. 2020

  • Fundamentals of Nutritional Therapy in Critical Care FTNCC Hours of use: 16 hrs. 2019

  • 2018 National Medical Congress "Innovative medicine: from the basic to the complex" Effective hours: 36hrs. 2019

  • II International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Cancer Effective hours: 40 hours. 2018

  • 2018 National Medical Congress "Innovative medicine: from the basic to the complex" Participation hours: 40 hrs. 25

  • ESPEN Life-Long Learning Programme on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism LLL Course “Approach to Perenteral Nutrition”. 2018

  • ESPEN Life-Long Learning Programme on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism LLL Course “Nutritional Support in the Perioperative period”. 2018

  • ESPEN Life-Long Learning Programme on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism LLL Course “ Approach to oral and enteral nutrition in adults”

  • ESPEN Life-Long Learning Programme on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism LLL Course “ Nutritional Assessment and Techniques”. 2018

  • Seminario de Terapia Intensiva: Modulo Soporte Nutricional ESPEN Life-Long Learning Programme on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism LLL Course “Nutritional Support in the Perioperative period”. 2018

Professional

Licenses
  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED9365Active

    Costa Rica

Positions
  • Clinical Nutriology work as a Specialist Assistant Physician at Hospital México in the local Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Support Commission for both hospitalized patients in Obstetric Gynecology, Internal Medicine, surgery, Transplant Areas, Peritoneal Dialysis and Medical, Surgical, Neurosurgical Intensive Care and Units for the care of severe and critical Covid patients, such as management of outpatient patients.
  • Member of the Institutional Commission of the CCSS for Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Support to replace Dr. Adriana Quesada Coordinator of the Local Commission for Nutritional Support Hospital México (CCF- CSNEP-0073-09-2015)
  • Coordinator a.i Local Commission for Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Support Hospital México replacing Dr. Adriana Quesada (2015)
  • Interim Appointment through Competition to Work in the Local Commission for Nutritional Support Hospital México (JDM-HM-0467-2014)
  • Observational internship and rotation at Hospital México for management training Local Nutritional Support Commissions, 3-month period (USNHM0035-2014)
  • Coordinator of Nutritional Support Regional Hospital Dr. Tony Facio Castro Limón (CNPE-HCG-00052-08-2016) Administration of feeding of enteral and parenteral nutrition both in Neonatology, Pediatrics and hospitalized adult patients Creation of the Hospital Nutritional Support Outpatient Consultation Tomi Facio Castro de Limón (2013-2014)
  • Internship at the Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital for training to take training from the Local Commission for Nutritional Support Hospital Tony Facio Castro Limón in both Adults and Pediatrics and Neonates (2013)
Publications
  • Creación con la Dra. Katia Rojas (Nutricionista) de la Consulta Oncológica Multidisciplinaria de Cabeza y Cuello del paciente con dispositivo de alimentación. (2016)
  • Elaboración del Protocolo para el manejo del paciente de trasplante hepático, con la Dra. Quesada Coordinadora de la Comisión Local de Soporte Nutricional.Creación e inicio del Programa de nutrición enteral Temprana en el paciente crítico del Servicio de Emergencias del hospital México (2016)