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Earn ce credits: Podcast, "PHM: adrenal insufficiency"
PHM from Pittsburgh: Adrenal Insufficiency
Title: Adrenal Insufficiency
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:
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.
Selma Witchel MD- Professor Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Maria G. Vogiatzi MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Alexandra Ahmet MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa (Canada), Division Chief for pediatric endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa Canada
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Title: Adrenal Insufficiency
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 symptoms and pathophysiology of primary vs secondary adrenal insufficiency.
- Review management of both primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency.
- Review workup of both primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency and review adrenal crisis.
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.
Selma Witchel MD- Professor Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Maria G. Vogiatzi MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Alexandra Ahmet MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa (Canada), Division Chief for pediatric endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa Canada
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
