Product Description
CME Sponsors: American Medical Seminars, Inc.
Activity Title: Emergency Medicine for Children and Adults – Day 1
Recorded Dates: 8/12/2024
Original Release Date: July 1, 2025
Expiration Date: July 1, 2028
Presenting Faculty: Mark Joffe; Gregory Wu;
Respiratory Distress in Young Children
After this lecture the participant will be able to:
- List the differential diagnosis of common and not so common causes of respiratory distress in young children.
- Choose appropriate diagnostic tests and explain why some tests are not indicated for young children with respiratory distress
- Discuss the relative effectiveness of bronchodilators, steroids, high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation in the treatment of young children with various respiratory diseases.
Approach to Febrile Infants and Toddlers
Upon completion of this session, using published guidelines and evidence-based medicine, the participant should be able to:
- Assess the risks of various management strategies of febrile infants less than 2 months of age.
- Appraise recent data concerning the clinical approach to febrile young infants.
- Appraise data concerning the diagnostic evaluation of febrile children 3-24 months of age.
- Recognize the changing epidemiology of invasive bacterial infections secondary to widespread vaccination practices.
Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies (Non-appendiceal)
Upon completion of this session, using evidence-based medicine and published guidelines, the participant should be able to:
- List the leading causes of abdominal emergencies in children in different age groups.
- Discuss the pathophysiology and time course for effective intervention for the more common abdominal emergencies in childhood.
- Choose the most appropriate diagnostic modalities for children presenting with symptoms of common abdominal emergencies.
Management of Mild to Moderate COVID-19
Attendees of this presentation will be able to:
- Differentiate mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19
- Discuss the important virology of SARS-COV-2 as it applies to existing therapies
- Identify which patients qualify for which therapies based on risk factors and timing
Updates on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Attendees of this presentation will be able to:
- Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of mycoplasma genitalium
- Discuss the important changes in managing resistance patterns in Neisseria gonorrhea
- Discuss the new and emerging viral infections, including Mpox and Zika virus
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