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

Course: Review of Acute Gastroenteritis Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi M.D.  - Assistant Professor in Dept of Pediatrics Course Director: Arvind Srinath M.D.- Assistant Professor in the Dept of Pediatrics   Disclosures: None This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.  This episode is a Review of Acute Gastroenteritis. 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 IDSA guidelines for infectious diarrhea pertaining to a hospitalized pediatric patient. Review the major causes for acute gastroenteritis in a hospitalized child in the USA. Review the appropriate workup and treatment for acute gastroenteritis in a hospitalized patient. ______________________________________________