Presenter

Attending Physician, Rheumatology; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Read Dr. Nolan's profile.

Disclosure: Brian Nolan MD, has no industry relationships to disclose and does not refer to products that are still investigational or not labeled for use in the context of this discussion.

Target Audience

This educational course is designed for healthcare professionals who are interested in learning about recognizing strokes in children and management, especialliy those patients that are at higher risk.

Objectives

At the end of this lecture, the participant will be able to:

• Develop a heuristic approach to differential diagnosis when evaluating patients with non-infectious fever
• Differentiate distinct periodic fever sysndromes on basis of key clinical features
• Discuss the role of genetic testing in the diagnosis of periodic fevers

Registration

This webinar launched live on May 27, 2020. CME credit will expire on May 27, 2021. You must view the webinar in its entirety in order to link to the quiz, submit an evaluation and earn CME credit.
 

Accreditation & Credit Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â„¢. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

CME Office and Review Committee Disclosures

Clara Schroedl, MD, CME Director at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has nothing to disclose.
Sheryl Corey, MBA, CME Manager  at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has nothing to disclose.
Jennifer Banys, CME Program Administrator at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has nothing to disclose.
Allsion McCollum, Senior Program Coordinator at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has nothing to disclose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Rhea Alexis Banks, Administrative Assistant II at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has nothing to disclose

Course Director's and Planning Committee Members Disclosure Information:

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Director of CME at Lurie Children's conducts contracted research for Gilead; conducts contracted research for Alios; conducts contracted research for Abbvie; conducts contracted research for Merck & C.; conducts contracted research for Hologic and conducts contracted research for Sequirus. Receives a consulting fee for AstraZeneca; Recevies a consulting fee for Saol Therapeutics.
Claudia Pinto-Cooper, Associate Director, Marketing Events & Programs at Lurie Children's has nothing to disclose.

To contact the FSM CME office, please call 312.503.8533 or email cme@northwestern.edu
To contact the course director and planning group at Lurie Children's, please call 312.227.7432 or email cpinto@luriechildrens.org