OVERVIEW

Pediatric Infectious Diseases: A Primary Care And Hospitalist Approach is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. and will be held from Oct 10 - 12, 2022 at Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States of America.

Learning Objectives:
Day 1:
Pediatric Immunization Update and the Challenges of Vaccine Refusal:
After completing this session, participants should be able: GL.COMP
• Discuss the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Use vaccinations according to ACIP/AAP recommendations.
• Apply the changes and updates to ACIP/AAP recommendations.
• Provide clinical strategies for parental education and cooperation to address the issue of vaccine refusal.
Pediatric Meningitis Revisited.
After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP
• Identify common signs and symptoms of viral and bacterial meningitis.
• Determine the cause of bacterial meningitis in children and create a treatment plan based on the Cochrane Database, systematic review, and AAP Guidelines.
• Recognize the most recent diagnostic tools, management priorities, and possible complications of bacterial meningitis.
• Compare the effects of immunization on bacterial meningitis.
Fever and Rash are the chief complaints.
After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMPLETE
• Recognize distinct clinical conditions with fever or Rash.
• Create a method for clinical and laboratory diagnosis, of severe Infections of the Head and Neck.

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMPLETE

• Differentiate peritonsillar and retropharyngeal space infection's appearance, diagnosis, and treatment according to the Otolaryngology Clinic practice guidelines.
• Approach the child with a red, swollen cheek or eye.

Antibiotic Update.

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMPLETE
• Check out the most recent trends in antibiotic resistance.
• Increase empiric antibiotic use for common pediatric conditions, per AAP recommendations.
• As recommended by the CDC, develop strategies to resist further bacterial resistance.

Day 2

The Age of MRSA.

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GL, and COMP
• Explain the development and emergence of drug resistance that led to MRSA.
• Discuss the differences in MRSA prevalence and how they are treated in hospitals and communities.
• Recognize the importance and promptness of diagnosis when faced with MRSA.
• Use IDSA.PIDS Guidelines stratify management based on clinical scenario and severity.
• Use practical, proven preventative measures that reduce the incidence and risk of MRSA.

Influenza: What's new, and what can you do?

After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP

• Identify recent changes in influenza epidemiology.
• Enumerate CDC guidelines and recommendations for immunization.
• Adequately prescribe antiviral treatment and prevention.

The Files of a Pediatric ID Specialist.

After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP

• Get to know the ID consultant by learning from instructive cases of pediatric diseases and being able to devise solutions to many clinical problems.
• Use clinical pearls, expert opinions in clinical practice, and various management guidelines.

Acute Otitis Media: Pathogens and Patients.

Upon completion, participants should be able: GLCOMP

• Recognize trends of resistance in pediatric pathogens.
• Evaluate the AAP/AAFP guidelines.
• It is appropriate to prescribe empiric antibiotic therapy.

Infantile fever

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GL, and COMP

• Identify common bacterial pathogens that cause fever in infants younger than 8 weeks.
• Discuss the reasons for the current diagnostic evaluation of these patients using Academy of pediatrics Guidelines and stratification tools.
• Use the appropriate treatment options to treat this patient population.

Day 3

Tick-Borne Diseases: Hot Spots & Bullseyes.

After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP

• Examine the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases.
• Recognize clinical and laboratory manifestations.
• It is appropriate to prescribe therapy using the most recent IDSA guidelines.

Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infections

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GL, and COMP

• Combine the associations of age, season, clinical presentation, chest x-ray findings, and the etiology for pediatric pneumonia.
• Discuss the diagnosis of infants and children with pneumonia.
• Identify the patient at the highest risk of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) by identifying their lower respiratory infection.
• Manage vaping-associated lung injury.

News about Pathogens: What Does It Mean for You?

After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP

• Recognize the current epidemiology and other infectious diseases most urgently of public health concern.
• Identify the key clinical manifestations of these diseases, as documented in the CDC guidelines.
• Take the necessary precautions to protect yourself from newly discovered viruses, as recommended by the CDC guidelines and protocols.
• Use CDC recommendations to contact Hospitals, State, Federal and Local Health Officials, as required or mandated.

Urinary Tract Infections

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GL, and COMP

• Determine the clinical circumstances in which urinary tract infections should not be ignored.
• Evaluate diagnostic methods for urinary tract infections, identify their reliability and applications, and acknowledge their limitations.
• Use the best treatment options.
• Examine the issues surrounding follow-up strategies and prevention strategies.

You are at risk of contracting infectious diseases from your office.

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GL, and COMP

• Be prepared for emerging and common infectious diseases.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms that are important.
• Create a management plan.

KEY DATES

Event Start Date
10 Oct, 2022
Event Start Date
Event End Date
12 Oct, 2022
Event End Date

TARGET AUDIENCE

PhysicianPrimary Care PhysicianpediatristInfectious diseases physician

SPECIALITIES

Pediatric Infectious DiseasesPrimary Care

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Marina Inn at Grande Dunes
8121 Amalfi Pl
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