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Webinar – I Got the Fever: Monitoring Sepsis and Systemic Inflammation in Children
April 22, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Date: April 22, 2021
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT / 11:00 am – 12:00 PM PDT
Description:
This webinar will discuss the use of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and ferritin in pediatric clinical practice. Using PCT to assess bacterial infection and sepsis risk, explore using CRP and Ferritin to assess systemic inflammation risk in hospitalized children and to aid in assessing response to therapy in hospitalized children with sepsis. Learn about COVID-19, sepsis, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Apply knowledge learned in the review of a pediatric clinical case study.
Speaker:
Joseph Carcillo, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Critical Care Medicine
CE Credits available!
Sepsis Alliance is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.2 contact hours.
Other healthcare providers will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.0 contact hours.
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this webinar by Beckman Coulter.
