Pediatrics Review

Course review:

This is a Live Lecture 7-Night Hawaiian Islands Cruise Conference
Round-trip Honolulu, Hawaii and is held aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America.

Preliminary Topics:

1. Anemia in Childhood and Adolescence
2. ITP in Childhood
3. Childhood Leukemias: Presentation and Treatment Update
4. Coagulopathies: Hemophilia, von Willebrand’s Disease and Thrombophilia-What’s New?
5. Sickle Cell Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment and Infection
6. Pediatric Solid Tumors
7. Cancer Survivors and Issues for the Primary Care Providers
8. Primary Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs
   • Provide a definition for children with special health care needs and understand the prevalence and implications for health care costs and utilization of this group
   • Understand the major effects of chronic disorders in children
   • Describe the role of the child’s primary care physician in providing a “medical home” for children with special health care needs
9. Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics
   • Appropriately recognize common problems and dermatologic findings in infants and children
10. Fever in Infants and Young Children
    • Develop an appropriate plan to evaluate and treat a neonate with fever
    • Develop an appropriate plan to evaluate and treat a young infant with fever
    • Develop an appropriate plan to evaluate and treat a young child with fever
11. Breastfeeding Management Case Studies
    • Appropriately recognize common problems in breastfeeding management
    • Appropriately advise the mother and prescribe appropriate treatment for common problems to ensure the successful continuation of breastfeeding
12. Vaccine Review
    • Discuss the major clinical presentation of illnesses that are preventable by immunization
    • Discuss the recommended schedule for immunization in the US
13. Urinary Tract Infections in Infants, Children and Adolescents
14. • Correctly identify infants,children and adolescents at risk for acute UTI
    • Recommend the most appropriate therapy for acute UTI based upon age and presentation
    • Develop a post-UTI management plan
15. Headache in Children and AdolescentsHeadache
    • Develop a differential diagnosis for headache in young children
    • Develop a management plan for chronic headache in children