6th Annual Pediatric Update for Advanced Practice Providers

Introduction by Tomara Price - APP Council Chair

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1. Describe the more common modalities of sudden cardiac death in children

2. Identify appropriate patients to refer for cardiology screening

3. Describe appropriate restrictions for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death

4. Identify medications that put patients with long QT more at risk for sudden cardiac death

1. Understand current literature on the use of non-opioid medications used to treat pain

2. Implementing this into clinical practice

3. Tips and lessons learned from implantation into practice

1. Describe the pharmacokinetics of medications in human milk

2. Explain why it is important to discuss all medications and substances in human milk to all women who want to breastfed their infants

3. List 2 recommendations when counseling mothers providing human milk to their infants on medication in their breast milk

1. Gain understanding of the diagnosis of epilepsy and types of seizures

2. Identify roles of inpatient providers in the management of epilepsy and in status epilepticus

3. Identify and understand common anti-seizure medications and seizure rescue medications 

1. Define bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

2. Summarize BPD management.

3. Identify commonly used medications for BPD and describe their indications and use.

1. Describe the basic principles of the diagnosis and treatment of functional constipation (FC).

2. Describe other organic causes of constipation

3. Discuss appropriate medical and surgical management of pediatric functional constipation

1. Learners will obtain knowledge of birth-control prescribing in the adolescent population.

2. Learners will obtain knowledge of pharmacological considerations for a variety of birth-control options for adolescents.

3.  Learners will obtain knowledge of indications and contraindications of various types of birth-control options in the primary care setting.