Approach to Acute Malaria in Ghana
At the end of this session, students will be able to identify the features of uncomplicated and severe malaria, identify poor prognostic factors in severe…
Course Category: Infectious Diseases
BALs & BPD: A Single Institution’s Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Severe BPD
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to explain the clinical characteristics that lead to obtaining a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to assess…
Approach to Oral Rehydration Therapy in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Ghana
At the end of this session, students will be able to describe five determinants of diarrhea in Africa, recall five major causes of acute diarrhea…
Is That a Bull’s Eye? Is Tick-testing a Thing? And More!: Tips for Recognizing Lyme Disease
Lyme disease can be challenging to distinguish from many common pediatric infections. Michael Russo, MD, attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of…
Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Meningitis in Ghana
At the end of this session, students will be able to state the implications of the “Sub-Saharan meningitis belt,” with respect to meningitis outbreaks in…
Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in Black Families
In the U.S., Black women are 3 times more likely to experience infant mortality and previously healthy Black children are 3.4 times more likely to…
Autoimmune Encephalitis Updates
At the end of this session, learners will be able to discuss updates on pediatric autoimmune encephalitis epidemiology, clinical presentation and classification, describe current approaches…
NeuroID Cases
At the end of this session, learners will be able to recognize common risk factors for a variety of central nervous system (CNS) infections, and…
Neurologic Manifestations of Acute COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Childhood (MIS-C)
At the end of this session, learners will be able to understand the difference between acute COVID-19 infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C),…
Where We Are Now with Dr. Paul Offit: Vaccines
How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? How concerned should we be about the new COVID-19 variants? Dr. Paul Offit, Director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center, is…