Event Description
Topic
5-Month-Old Female With Prolonged Fevers
Moderators & Pediatric Chief Residents
Jillian Schaffer, MD
Carlyn Todorow, MD
Sam Cross-Knorr, MD
Presented By
Rebecca Alms, MD, pediatric resident, PGY-2, St. Christopher’s Hospital
for Children
Janet S. Chen, MD, attending physician, Section of Immunology & Section of Infectious Diseases, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, assistant professor of pediatrics
Laurence Feinstein, MD, attending physician, Gastroenterology/Hepatology and Nutrition; associate program director, Pediatric Residency, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; associate professor of pediatrics
Nataly Apollonsky, MD, chief, Section of Hematology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; associate professor of pediatrics
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the initial approach to a patient with febrile neutropenia, including empiric antibiotic coverage
- Identify the clinical signs and symptoms that indicated serious systemic
- List common etiologies of direct hyperbilirubinemia in infants
- Discuss congenital/primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, including definitive diagnosis and treatment
Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel, fellows, residents, medical students and other health care professionals who take care of children
Continuing Medical Education Credits
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children is accredited by
the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
St. Christopher’s Hospital for
Children designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only
the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Disclosure
Speakers and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education
activities sponsored by St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do
or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their
presentation(s).
Additional Information
Continental breakfast is available at 7:30 a.m. outside DiGeorge Center. Parking passes for visiting physicians are available. |
