I Got the Fever: Monitoring Sepsis and Systemic Inflammation in Children
Recorded On: 04/22/2021
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.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Discuss role, interpretation, and monitoring of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and ferritin;
- Review systemic inflammation mortality risk in children and consider adjuvant therapy to reduce risk;
- Describe the relationship of COVID-19, sepsis and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Webinar Supporter:
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this webinar by Beckman Coulter.
Joseph Carcillo, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Joseph Carcillo, MD, specializes in pediatric critical care medicine and pediatrics, and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is affiliated with UPMC Horizon, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Altoona, and UPMC Northwest. He completed his medical degree at George Washington University Medical Center, along with a residency and fellowship at Children's National Medical Center. He was previously Taskforce Chair of the ACCM Guidelines for Hemodynamic Support of Newborn and Pediatric Septic Shock, and a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Taskforce for Definitions of Pediatric Sepsis.
Koti Epperson
Mother of Pediatric Sepsis Survivor
Sepsis Alliance
On the morning of April 28, 2018, Nash was a normal, healthy 6-year-old playing in an early morning soccer game. That same evening, Koti Epperson and her husband almost lost their sweet boy to sepsis caused by a strep infection in his blood stream. Read more about the Epperson's experience on Faces of Sepsis.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.7 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours.
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