166 - Hot Topics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Friday, October 13, 2023

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Third Floor)

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Sarah Parker, MD

Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO, United States
Daniel Dodson, MD, MS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of California Davis
Elk Grove, CA, United States

Faculty(s)

Hayley Gans, MD

Clinical Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Slides
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Jennifer Blumenthal, MD

Instructor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, United States
Anna Sick-Samuels, MD;MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Sarah K. Parker, MD: Pfizer: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Daniel S. Dodson, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Hayley Gans, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jennifer Blumenthal, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Anna C. Sick-Samuels, MD;MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain updated approaches to caring for immune compromised pediatric patients with infections;
describe state of the art management of central lines from an infectious diseases standpoint;
describe new literature and approaches to address ventilator associated infectious events

Presentations:

1:45 PM – 2:10 PM US ET

Hot Topics in Pediatric Immune Compromised Hosts: Publications That Should Change Your Practice
Speaker: Hayley Gans, MD – Stanford University
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM US ET

Hot Topics in Diagnosing, Preventing and Treating Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
Speaker: Jennifer Blumenthal, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Ventilator Associated Infections: What Is New in Defining, Diagnosing and Treating in Pediatrics
Speaker: Anna C. Sick-Samuels, MD;MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine