Concepts in Congenital Cardiac Care 2018

Concepts in Congenital Cardiac Care is organized by UC Davis Health, UC Davis Conference and Event Services (CES) and will be held on Apr 14, 2018 at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern CA, Sacramento, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is general pediatricians, pediatric cardiologists, cardiologists, echo sonographers, neonatal and pediatric nursing staff as well as other allied health professionals involved in the care of pediatric patients. This CME conference has been approved for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Course Description :
The overall educational purpose of this activity is to provide a forum for collaboration within the multidisciplinary congenital cardiac care community. This symposium brings current applications and strategies in children’s cardiac care addressing topics of broad interest to all persons in the care of children’s cardiac care. The participants will explore the continuum of congenital heart care from the fetal diagnosis through adulthood. This program will introduce current concepts and technological advances in the provision of congenital cardiac care as well as provide an update on the services provided by the Pediatric Heart Center at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

Conference Objectives :
At the end of the activity, participants should be able to:
• Discuss the short and long term care of the patient with congenital heart disease.
• Identify neuro-developmental issues in the child with congenital heart disease.
• Recognize the echo-sonographic findings most commonly encountered in congenital heart disease.
• Review common pediatric ECG abnormalities and discuss management of arrhythmias.
• Identify community resources available for the pediatric patient with congenital heart disease.

Conference Highlights :
• Acute Pediatric Cardiac Care
• Pediatric and Fetal Echo
• Community Pediatric Cardiology
• The Family and Congenital Heart Disease