Pediatric Infectious Diseases: A Primary Care and Hospitalist Approach 2023 - In-person Event

Pediatric Infectious Diseases: A Primary Care and Hospitalist Approach is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. and will be held from May 08 - 11, 2023 at Lido Beach Resort, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America.

Agenda & Learning Objectives:
1 Day
Pediatric Immunization Update and Challenges of Vaccine Refusal
Upon completion of this session, using information published by the CDC and AAP, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Describe the relevant epidemiology of specific vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Appropriately use vaccines according to ACIP and AAP recommendations.
• Incorporate and apply the significant changes and updates to the current ACIP/AAP recommendations
• Approach the problem of vaccine refusal and provide clinical strategies to affect parental education and cooperation.

Pediatric Meningitis Revisited
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Appraise common presenting features of bacterial and viral meningitis.
• Determine the pathogens and develop a treatment plan concerning bacterial meningitis in children as per the Cochrane Database, systematic reviews, and AAP Guidelines.
• Recognize the latest diagnostic tools and the management priorities and potential complications of bacterial meningitis.
• Relate the effects of immunization practices on bacterial meningitis.

Chief Complaint: Fever and Rash
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Recognize distinctive clinical illnesses with fever and rash.
• Develop an approach to clinical and laboratory diagnosis.

Serious Infections of the Head and Neck 
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Differentiate the clinical appearance, diagnosis, and treatment of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal, and parapharyngeal space infections as per the Otolaryngology Clinic Practice Guidelines.
• Develop an approach to the child with red, swollen eyes or cheeks.

Antibiotic Update
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Review recent trends in antibiotic resistance.
• Improve empiric antibiotic usage for common pediatric conditions as per the AAP recommendations.
• Develop strategies to resist further bacterial resistance, as recommended by the CDC.

2 Day
The Age of MRSA
Upon completion of this session and using the evidence-based guidelines from the CDC, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and EBM publications, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Describe the emergence and development of drug resistance that led to MRSA.
• Discuss the prevalence differences and clinical diagnosis and treatment of community and hospital-associated MRSA.
• Recognize the importance of accurate and timely diagnosis when confronted with the possibility of MRSA.
• Stratify management according to clinical scenario and severity using IDSA.PIDS Guidelines.
• Apply practical and proven preventative measures to reduce the risk and incidence of MRSA.

Kawasaki Disease
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Recognize clinical/laboratory manifestations of Kawasaki disease.
• Evaluate and manage patients according to AAP/AHA guidelines.
• Recognize the potential for coronary complications.

Cases from the Files of a Pediatric ID Consultant
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Learn from instructive pediatric infectious diseases cases and be able to construct approaches to a variety of interesting clinical challenges as presented to the ID consultant.
• Apply clinical pearls and expert opinion to clinical practice, as well as various management Guidelines.

Acute Otitis Media: Of Pathogens and Patients
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Recognize trends in resistance to pediatric pathogens.
• Assess recommendations in AAP/AAFP guidelines.
• Appropriately prescribe empiric antibiotic therapy.

Fever in Infants
Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from EBM publications, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Identify the common bacterial pathogens associated with fever in infants < 8 weeks of age as compared to older infants.
• Discuss the rationale for current diagnostic evaluation in these patients using Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines and stratification tools.
• Apply the appropriate treatment options for this patient population.

3 Day
Tick-Borne Infections: Hot Spots and Bullseyes
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Analyze the epidemiology of tick-borne infections.
• Recognize the clinical/laboratory manifestations.
• Appropriately prescribe therapy, incorporating recent IDSA guidelines.

Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infections
Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from EBM publications, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Integrate the association of age, seasonal, clinical presentation, and chest x-ray findings with the etiology of pediatric pneumonia.
• Develop a diagnostic approach to infants and children suspected to have pneumonia and discuss the treatment options and implications of emerging bacterial resistance. applying American Academy of • Pediatrics Guidelines.
• Identify the patient with lower respiratory infection at risk for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
• Recognize and manage vaping-associated lung injury.

Pathogens in the News: What Do They Mean for You
Upon completion of this session and using the guidelines from the CDC, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Recognize the current epidemiology of highly contagious viral or other infectious diseases that are of most immediate public health concern.
• Identify key clinical manifestations, as documented by the CDC guidelines, of these diseases.
• Plan for necessary precautions for newly identified viruses as developed and recommended by the CDC protocols and guidelines.
• Employ CDC-recommended actions to contact Hospital, Local, State, and Federal Health Officials as appropriate or mandated.

Urinary Tract Infections
Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from the AAP, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Determine the clinical situations when urinary tract infections should be considered.
• Appraise diagnostic methods for urinary tract infections, characterize their reliabilities and applications, and recognize their limitations.
• Employ the most appropriate treatment options.
• Assess the controversies concerning follow-up and prevention strategies.

Virus X: Ubiquitous, Uncanny, Understandable
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Recognize the diverse clinical manifestations of EBV infection.
• Order appropriate laboratory work-up based on the situation and treatment as per the AAP Guidelines.
• Anticipate natural history and complications of infection.

4 Day
at Scratch Disease: Old and New
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Recognize the classic, the less common, and the unusual clinical presentations of cat scratch disease and the general approach to diagnosis.
• Explain the use and limitations of diagnostic laboratory testing options.
• Utilize the appropriate treatment for the various clinical conditions associated with Bartonella henselae infection.

Influenza: What’s New and What You Can Do
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Identify recent changes in influenza epidemiology.
• Enumerate CDC recommendations and Guidelines for immunization.
• Appropriately prescribe antiviral prophylaxis and treatment.

Infectious Diseases Walking Through Your Office Door
Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from the AAP and the Red Book, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Prepare for common and emerging infectious diseases.
• Recognize important symptoms and signs.
• Formulate a plan for management.

The Child with “Too Many” Infections
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Perform an office-based evaluation of the child with frequent infections.
• Recognize the presentation of the most common causes of recurrent infections in childhood, decide when to consider immune deficiency states, then determine the management issues for physicians providing pediatric healthcare.
• Utilize knowledge of the important role of atopy/allergy in the pathogenesis of “too many” infections.

Lymphadenopathy in Children: Diagnostic Approach
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Differentiate serious from reactive adenopathy.
• Approach the patient based on the location and tempo of adenopathy.
• Use appropriate laboratory aids in diagnosis.