Title:2023 Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Practical Approach to ED & UC Challenges – Day 4 (Physician)

Faculty: Robert Belfer, MD, Joshua Belfer, MD, Jeffrey Seiden, MD

Release Date: 7/1/2023 Expiration Date: 7/1/2026

Day 4

Upper Airway Emergencies in the Pediatric Patient (Belfer, J.)

Upon completion of this session, using national evidence based medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Recommend medication therapy for selected upper airway emergencies.
2. Interpret the most recent evidence-based literature in the approach to the child with croup.
3. Distinguish and discriminate among the varied presentations of pediatric stridor.

The Septic Appearing Infant (Belfer, J.) 

Upon completion of this session, using national evidence based medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Conclude that an infectious etiology is not the only cause of a “toxic” appearing child.
2. Differentiate neurologic, hematologic, toxin, and cardiac causes of the ill child.

Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Outpatient Setting (Belfer, R.)

Upon completion of this session, using national evidence based medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Identify antibiotic prescribing patterns, outcomes, and expenditures for common pediatric conditions.
2. Differentiate between common pediatric infections and those that require antibiotic treatment.
3. Develop a clinical approach to the diagnosis and therapy of sinusitis.

Pearls from 25 Years in the Pediatric ED (Belfer, R.)

Upon completion of this session, using national evidence based medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Understand the tremendous medical advances researchers have developed in treating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Meningitis and Oncologic conditions in the pediatric patient.

Articles That Change the Way We Practice Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Belfer, R.)

Upon completion of this session, using national Evidence Based Medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Analyze the latest Emergency Medicine literature to bring improved care to the bedside.