Pediatric Pearls Fall 2024

Pediatric Pearls Fall 2024 is organized by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and will be held on Nov 20, 2024 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook, Oak Brook, Illinois, United States of America.

Description:
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 the latest baby products, building trauma informed frameworks, the tongue tied infant, breastfeeding roadblocks, hyperbilirubinemia in hte neonate, trauma-infomed care for the displaced child, upates on vaccines, GERD in the infant, head shape concerns, infectious disease in the nursery and meeting the milestones. 

Learning Objectives:
• Review the pros and cons for the latest products on the market for infants
• List which devices to avoid for optimal head shape and helmet avoidance
• Discuss which devices and exercises can help improve baby’s motor development and meet those milestones
• Increase knowledge about building a trauma-informed framework in a healthcare setting
• Identify roles for providers and leaders to support implementation of the frameworks
• Discuss how tongue ties are diagnosed
• Explain potential benefits and risks for tongue tie release
• Review the physiology of human breast milk production and how this relates to initiating and maintaining milk supply
• Assess and address the 8 most common breastfeeding challenges encountered in outpatient pediatric practice after hospital discharge: 
• Discover lactation resources and evidence-based guidance you can use to augment your breastfeeding medicine knowledge and skills in primary care
• List factors causing newborns to be at higher risk of jaundice and review the 2022 guideline revision
• Describe physiology of “suboptimal intake jaundice” (formerly breastfeeding jaundice) and breastmilk jaundice
• Discuss current considerations for formula supplementation in the breastfed infant with jaundice
• Share the VIP Acute Care Quality Network project LIGHT Nursery Alogrithm
• Discuss the impact of current sociopolitical events on the health of forcibly displaced young people
• Recognize common traumatic experiences for children across the 3 stages of migration
• Identify 3 ways to promote physical and psychological safety in pediatric settings for forcibly displaced young people
• Review current epidemiology of vaccine preventable illnesses in children
• Discuss mechanisms of action of newly approved vaccines for children
• Review current recommendations for administration of newly approved in children
• Appreciate the lack of a role for acid blocking therapy in fussy infants
• Discuss the role of speech language pathologist and occupational therapist in evaluating infants with GERD-like symptoms.
• Differentiate between plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, and craniosynostosis.
• Identify red flags associated with head shape abnormalities
• Describe how head shape severity determines treatment
• Review the latest guidance around RSV prevention strategies for the upcoming respiratory virus season
• Interpret test results to determine appropriate treatment strategies for infants with prenatal syphilis exposure
• Review best practices for developmental-behavioral screening and surveillance in primary care
• Discuss the 2022 CDC/AAP update to developmental milestones and surveillance program
• Review how prematurity can affect developmental milestones