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Joined August 2013
Goldfarb: it takes a multidisciplinary team to teach groups of multidisciplinary learners. #IATPsummit
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Goldfarb: Aftercare and routine appointments - 2 days, 1 week, 2 weeks. Follow up with family. #IATPsummit
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Goldfarb team: We are in a training center, w/standard evaluation, & residents are being trained to assess - normalizes evals. #IATPsummit
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Goldfarb team: looking at the mom AND baby has to happen, it is a functional diagnosis. #IATPsummit
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Goldfarb team: It's important that we all work together, MD, IBCLC, feedback and evaluation to establish a standard of care. #IATPsummit
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Working with a tongue-tie as a team: a panel presentation - Goldfarb Breastfeeding Clinic Team #IATPsummit
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Tow: support measures - avoid harm w/meds, depletion of vitamins/minerals, bodywork, oral exercises, communication w/providers. #IATPsummit
Tow: supportive measures, bodywork, oral work before revision, stretching, #IATPsummit
Tow: parent education and anticipatory guidance is critical. #IATPsummit
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Tow: normalizing function must be the goal that unifies our disciplines. #IATPsummit
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Tow: the infant who fails to compensate effectively is at risk for starvation, detachment, poor growth, and other risks. #IATPsummit
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Tow: compensatory feeding even at breast is not a sufficient goal to support health and well-being. #IATPsummit
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Tow - Tongue Tie Revision: Confounding Factors & Support Measures #IATPsummit
Dobrich: we must remember we are a partnership with the baby AND the mother. #IATPsummit
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Dobrich: currently there are no studies on stretching after lip tie release. Let's get some! #IATPsummit
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Dobrich: We want babies to feed, breastfeeding offers pain relief, it's ok to offer other pain relief as well. #IATPsummit
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Dobrich: post care should only take a minute or two. All caregivers should be able to do post-frenotomy care. #IATPsummit
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Dobrich: Stretching exercises by parents and clinic staff significantly decreased the incidence of repeat frenotomy. #IATPsummit
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Dobrich: We taught parents, "back and up" massage with fingers on sides of incision site, 3x/day for 1-2 wks. #IATPsummit
Dobrich: Dr. Google brings many aftercare protocols, 2-6x/day, for how many weeks? What's best? #IATPsummit