Improving Prevention and Management of Pediatric Respiratory Illness
Online 1-hour Educational Activity
CME Credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare — USA
Release date: 12/5/2017 | Expiration date: 12/5/2020
Online 1-hour Educational Activity
CME Credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare — USA
Release date: 12/5/2017 | Expiration date: 12/5/2020
This online course covers various respiratory diseases in children, with focus on acute respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections—such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia—and prophylaxis for these infections. The most frequent reason children consult a general practitioner is respiratory morbidity, accounting for about 25% of all consultations by children. RSV infection can be severe and life-threatening in children in developing countries and mortality associated with these conditions can be quite high (eg, the case-fatality rate in children with viral pneumonia ranges from 1.0% to 7.3% in developing countries).
It is important to consider preventive measures, such as palivizumab (Synagis) prophylaxis, in high-risk infants. Pediatric clinicians who are up-to-date about risk factors, current recommendations for prevention of respiratory virus infection, and strategies for parent counseling can aid parents in effective decision making and help improve outcomes in their pediatric patients.
To improve clinician understanding of current recommendations on prophylaxis against and treatment of acute RSV infection and other potentially severe respiratory illnesses in children.
After completing this activity, participants will be better able to:
Neonatologists, pulmonologists, immunologists, and other health care professionals who manage pediatric respiratory disease.
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP
The Steven and Nancy Calabrese Endowed Chair for Excellence in Pediatric Care, Research and Education Professor & Chair of Pediatrics Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Chief, Enterprise Pediatric Research Operations Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr Piedimonte: discloses no financial relationships with pharmaceutical or medical product manufacturers.
Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Director of Accreditation, Planner: has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Patricia Brignoni, AKH Sr. Project Manager: has disclosed no relevant financial relationships
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Kikaku America International. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
This activity is supported by an educational grant from AbbVie.
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participant's misunderstanding of the content.
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are resolved by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity and may include any of or combination of the following: attestation to non-commercial content; notification of independent and certified CME expectations; referral to National Faculty Initiative training; restriction of topic area or content; restriction to discussion of science only; amendment of content to eliminate discussion of device or technique; use of other faculty for discussion of recommendations; independent review against criteria ensuring evidence support recommendation; moderator review; and peer review. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
| In order to receive credit, participants should watch the entire video. Once you have watched the video, you will continue to the online quiz and evaluation. A passing score of 70% on the quiz is required to receive credit. A certificate will be available in your transcripts upon successful completion of the quiz and evaluation. There is no fee to participate in this activity. If you have questions about this CME activity, please contact AKH Inc. at tbrignoni@akhcme.com |
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| Participants wishing to earn CME credit must: |
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| 1. Read the Online 1-hour Educational Course. |
| 2. Complete the post-test and evaluation form online. |
