Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh's Pediatric Hospital Medicine Podcast

This is part of our annual series at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference where we ask some of the conference attendees to join us to discuss which sessions of the conference they went to and learned. Today we are lucky enough to be joined by Drs. Victoria LeBlanc, Chrissy Hrach, Nancy Chen, Lana Ismail, Maha Kaissi, Tamara Gayle & Patricia Tran. This episode is not associated with CME, we apologize for any inconvienence associated with that.  Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerShare on SocialDownload Audio File

Title: Pediatric Gastroparesis - Why so slow? Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards. Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:  1.        Define Gastroparesis and discuss incidence and prevalence. 2.     Discuss the differences between pediatric and adult Gastroparesis etiology and management. 3.     Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of Gastroparesis. Faculty:  Planning Committee: Allison Williams MD, — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Dr. Tarchichi has disclosed he w

Title: What is Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity?  Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards. Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 1.    Review the name changes that have occurred for Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity (PSH). 2.       Review the current definition and symptomatology of PSH. 3.       Review treatment and management of PSH. Faculty:  Planning Committee: Allison Williams MD, — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Dr. Tarchichi has disclosed he was a mem

Title: Updates in Urinary Tract Infection Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards. Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:               Review updates in Urinary tract infection (UTI) research. 2.       Review Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) & what the research says about it's connection with UTIs. 3.       Review the urobiome and how it's being used in UTI research.  4.       Review the UTI calculator and its clinical usage.  Faculty:  Planning Committee: Allison Williams MD, — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Cen

Please join us as Drs. Eleanor Sharp and Benjamin Miller "take over" PHM from Pittsburgh for our holiday edition. They interview the long-time host and their partner, Dr. Tony Tarchichi. There is no CME associated with this episode. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to everyone!

Title: Opioid Use Disorders in Pediatrics   Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.   Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:               Review definition and epidemiology of Opioid Use Disorders (OUD). 2.       Review mechanism of action of Opioids. 3.       Review medications for treatment of Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) and harm reduction principles. 4.       Review considerations for when and adolescent is admitted to the hospital who happens to have OUD. Faculty:  Planning Committee: Allison Williams MD, — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsbur

Title: New RSV Monoclonal Antibody and Vaccine Conversation   Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.   Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: Review how monoclonal antibodies work in fightin disease.  Review Nirsevimab and the ACIP and AAP reccomendations for its use.  Discuss how monoclonal antibodies are different from vaccines and discuss the new RSV vaccines being released.  Faculty:  Planning Committee: Maha Kaissi, MD, MHPE — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Dr. T

This is part of our annual series at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference where we ask some of the conference attendees to join us to discuss which sessions of the conference they went to and learned. Today we are lucky enough to be joined by Drs. Kishore Vellody, Kathryn Connor, Lingie Chiu, Anna Ogena and Martiza Harper. This episode is not associated with CME, we apologize for any inconvienence associated with that.  Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerShare on SocialDownload Audio File  

Title: Breastfeeding Part 2   Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.   Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: Review the physiology of breastfeeding, expected weight gain in an exclusively breastfed infant and how breastmilk changes as an infant ages. Review breastfeeding in an infant with bronchiolitis who may be tachypneic and the risk of aspiration. Review changes in breastfeeding recommendations from the AAP and WHO.   Faculty:  Planning Committee: Maha Kaissi, MD, MHPE — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical C

Course: Corticosteroids for Bronchiolitis? - A Conversation with an Intensivist Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director:  Jonathan Pelletier MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Northeast Ohio Medical University This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Corticosteroids for Bronchiolitis? - A Conversation with an Intensivist. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:        1.  Review how the PICU will use steroids for bronchiolitis.        2. Review why the PICU will use steroids for bronchiolitis.        3. Review the evidence for and against steroids

Course: Albuterol for Bronchiolitis? - A Conversation with an Intenstivist Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director:  Jonathan Pelletier MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Northeast Ohio Medical University This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Albuterol for Bronchiolitis? - A Conversation with an Intenstivist. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:        1.  Discuss the increase in albuterol usage for bronchiolitis occurring in pediatric intensive care units nationally.        2.     Discuss the evidence base behind using albuterol for bronchio

This episode was made in partnership with the Newborn Medicine subcommitee of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Section on Hospital Medicine.    Course: Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn 35 weeks or more – Updated Guidelines!  Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Alison Volpe Holmes, MD, MS, MPH. - Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of the Dartmouth Institute, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth  This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn 35 weeks or more – Updated Guidelines! As always there is free CME credit of up to 1.25 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able t

Course: Discussing the SCOUT-CAP Trial Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Derek Williams M.D. - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Discussing the SCOUT-CAP Trial. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Discuss the methodology used for the SCOUT-CAP Trial. Discuss the results and their transmissibility to inpatient pediatrics. Discuss the background information for the trial and the benefits of safely treating community acquired pneumonia for less time. _______

Course: Enterovirus D68 and Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 2022 Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Megan Culler Freeman MD, PhD - Clinical Instructor in the Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Enterovirus D68 and Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 2022. As always there is free CME credit of up to 0.5 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Review the epidemiology and virology of Enterovirus D68. Review the presentation, diagnosis and potential treatment of Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Review the link between Enterovirus D68 and Acute Flaccid M

This is our last episode from the PHM 2022 National Conference in Orlando, Florida. For this episode we are recapping and summarizing one of the most attended lectures at the conference, "Procalcitonin: What is it Good For?" We were fortunate enough to be joined by all three presenters of this talk, Drs. Brittany Slagle, Rebecca Cantu and Sara Sanders from Arkansas Children's Hospital and the University of Arkansas. This episode does not have CME associated with it.   We hope you enjoyed these sessions from the PHM National Conference!

This is part of our annual series at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference where we ask some of the conference attendees to join us to discuss which sessions of the conference they went to and learned. Today we are lucky enough to be joined by Dr. Maia Taft and Dr. Bradford Nguyen. This episode is not associated with CME, we apologize for any inconvienence associated with that. 

Welcome everyone to our annual coverage of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference. PHM2022 is going to be in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at the Disney resort and it's starting next week! This is our first episode with the chairs of the conference planning committee, Drs. Michelle Marks, Jorge Ganem and Francisco Javier Alvarez. They will walk us through what's special about this year's conference and what we should expect.  PHM from Pittsburgh will be podcasting from the conference this year, so stay tuned for more content!  There is no CME associated with this podcast episode. 

This episode was made in partnership with the Newborn Medicine subcommitee of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Section on Hospital Medicine.    Course: Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis - A Discussion of the Clinical Report Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Karen M. Puopolo, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis - A Discussion of the Clinical Report. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Review the Clinical report on management

Course: Monkeypox....Yes.....Monkeypox Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Anita McElroy M.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor in the Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Monkeypox....Yes.....Monkeypox. As always there is free CME credit of up to 0.5 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Review the virology of the Monkeypox virus. Review the current international outbreak of Monkeypox. Review diagnosis, testing and treatment of Monkeypox. ______________________________________________________ Released:  6/22/2022, Reviewed 6/22/

Course: Pediatric Eating Disorders - A Good Review Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD  - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Course Director: Amanda Downey M.D.-  Assistant Professor in Dept of Pediatrics & Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is Pediatric Eating Disorders - A Good Review. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.  ______________________________________________________ Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Review epidemiology of eating disorders in Pediatrics. Review the Pathophysiology of eating disorders in pediatrics. Review admission criteria, inpatient treatment options, rate of complications and wha