Pediatric Pearls Fall (L) (October 2022)

Overview

This one-day symposium for pediatricians, family physicians and other healthcare providers will showcase the latest approach, updates and research related to several common patient issues confronted by primary care providers as well as newer and more complex diseases. Our speakers will address health concerns, share cases, and offer guidelines on how to manage the patient. We are excited to present lectures on chronic fatigue, an update on influenza and RSV, ADHD, asthma, kidney diseases, common fetal ultrasound discoveries and allergy testing.

 

5.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S)TM

 

 

This course is approved for live credit only. It will not be streamed or recorded.

If this course needs to be moved to a virtual format due to state mandates regarding Covid-19, we will notify you as soon as possible and proper credit will be discussed.

 

Friday, October 28, 2022; 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Doubletree Hotel    1909 Spring Road    Oak Brook, IL 60523

 

Objectives

  • Review testing options available for IgE mediated conditions
  • Discuss the pros and cons of panel testing and potential limitations
  • Explain immunotherapy and why one would consider this option
  • Identify the components of the fetal ultrasound anatomic survey/screening
  • Discuss common fetal anomalies encountered on the fetal ultrasound exam
  • Discuss neonatal imaging follow-up findings and recommendations
  • How to diagnose chronic fatigue in children and adolescents
  • Discuss evidence-based management and treatment of chronic fatigue in children and adolescents
  • Review the prognosis of chronic fatigue in children and adolescents
  • Recognize to distinguish between café-au-lait spots and other cutaneous mimickers
  • Identify the varied clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis-1
  • Distinguish among the varied conditions in which one sees cafe-au-lait spots
  • Recognize changes in the most recent asthma guidelines and apply them to pediatric patients
  • Describe the role of aeroallergens in asthma pathology and management
  • Identify asthmatic patients with potential unmet socio-economic needs
  • Review current flu and RSV epidemiology and discuss the concept of viral interference
  • Recommend which diagnostic tests should be used for different patient scenarios likely to be encountered
  • Discuss currently recommended treatment options for influenza and prevention measures for both influenza and RSV
  • Review the incidence of HSP nephritis and long-term sequalae 
  • Educate on the signs and symptoms of HSP nephritis
  • Discuss HSP nephritis screening in the outpatient setting, with a special focus on reasons for escalating to a subspecialist or tertiary care center
  • Review indications for kidney biopsy
  • Explore treatment options for severe manifestations of HSP nephritis
  • Review the optimal way to measure blood pressure  
  • Discuss the 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
  • Educate about outpatient work up for elevated blood pressure and hypertension and when to refer to nephrology and/or cardiology
  • Discuss risk factors for hypertension in the pediatric population
  • Explore treatment options for acute and chronic hypertension
  • Explore the cardiovascular risks of hypertension
  • Describe the differential diagnosis of attentional problems   
  • Describe the importance of early hyperactivity in making the diagnosis of ADHD
  • Describe the critical value of pattern recognition in properly assessing attentional problems
  • Review why it is critical that pediatricians embrace the assessment and treatment of common psychiatric disorders
  • Explore the strengths and weaknesses of the conventional approach to assessment and treatment of ADHD – multi-informant rating scales and teacher report of stimulant effects of dosing changes
  • Explore the strengths and weaknesses of other approaches the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD that center on the patient and parents deep engagement in the assessment and treatment process

 

AGENDA

 

Time

Title/Topic

Speaker

 

 

 

8:00 a.m.

 

Welcome / Introduction Remarks by Course Director

Ravi Jhaveri, MD

8:15 – 8:45 a.m.

 

Chronic Fatigue in Children and Teens

Ben Katz, MD

 

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.

 

Influenza and RSV Update in the Near Post-COVID Era

 

Ravi Jhaveri, MD

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

 

The Basics of ADHD

John Walkup, MD

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

 

NHLBI Updates -Asthma

Elizabeth Lippner, MD

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

 

Break

 

10:30 -11 a.m.

 

When a Freckle is not a Freckle

Robert Listernick, MD

11 – 11:30 a.m.

 

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis: Review of Screening and Management for Kidney Complications

Jill Krissberg, MD, MS

11:30 – Noon

 

Common Fetal Ultrasound Discoveries

Safwan Halabi, MD

Noon – 1 p.m.

Lunch

N/A

1 – 2 p.m.

Pick one

 

  1. ADHD 2nd line approaches

 

 

  1. Hypertension for the General Pediatrician

 

  1. Allergy Testing, When Who and How

 

 

John Walkup, MD

 

 

Meredith Harris, MD

 

Fatima Khan, MD

2 -3 p.m.

Pick one

 

  1. ADHD 2nd line approaches

 

  1. Hypertension for the General Pediatrician

 

  1. Allergy Testing, When Who and How

 

 

John Walkup, MD

 

Meredith Harris, MD

 

Fatima Khan, MD


Credit & Accreditation Statements

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine logo  

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 activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures

Lurie Children's CME Leadership & Staff:
Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Course Director; Claudia Cooper,CME Manager

FSM's CME Leadership & Staff:
Clara J. Schroedl, CME Medical Director; Sheryl Corey, CME Manager;  Senior Program Coordinator, Allison McCollum; Administrative Assistant, Rhea Alexis Banks have nothing to disclose.

Speakers / Course Directors:

Ravi Jhhveri, MD, course director and speaker discloses that he receives royalty from Guilford Press, Oxford Press, and Wolters Kluver. Is an Unpaid Member Board of Directors of a non-profit patient support groups - Tourette Association, Anxiety and Depression Association, and Trichotillomania Learning Center.

All other faculty members/speakers and committeee members have nothing to disclosue including:

Meredith Harris, MD

Safwan Halabi, MD

Fatima Khan, MD

Elizabeth Lippner, MD

Jill Krissberg, MD

John Walkup, MD

Arthur DiPatri, Jr., MD

Sandi Lam, MD, MBA

Tiffani McDonough, MD

Jennifer Miller, MD, CCD

Noreen Pulte Aprn-NP, PNP

Barbara Pearl, MS, RDN, LDN

Joyce Wu, MD

 

Course Information
Course Date:
October 28, 2022
Course Location:
Doubletree Hotel
Oak Brook, IL
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Friday October 28, 2022

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Speaker Information
Safwan Halabi MD  [ view bio ]
Meredith Harris MD  [ view bio ]
Ravi Jhaveri MD  [ view bio ]
Ben Katz MD  [ view bio ]
Fatima Khan MD  [ view bio ]
Jill Krissberg MD  [ view bio ]
Elizabeth Lippner  [ view bio ]
Robert Listernick MD  [ view bio ]
John Walkup MD  [ view bio ]
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (physician)
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™: 5.75
Approved for 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (non-physician)
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™: 5.75
Approved for 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM