On the cover: Endocrinologist Anita N. Swamy, MD, with her patient Cierra Lane.
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Child's Doctor Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Edward S. Ogata, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Medical Editor
Joseph R. Hageman, MD
Member Emeritus, Medical and Dental Staff Association
CME Director
Mary A. Nevin, MD
Attending Physician, Pulmonary Medicine
Editor
Vita Lerman
Public Affairs
Editorial Board
Dianna W. Brogan, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
James S. Donaldson, MD
Department Head, Medical Imaging
Mina K. Dulcan, MD
Department Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Thomas P. Green, MD
Department Head, Medicine
Steven C. Hall, MD
Department Head, Anesthesiology
Elizabeth J. Perlman, MD
Department Head, Pathology
Marleta Reynolds, MD
Department Head, Surgery
Ruben J. Rucoba, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
Rebecca Unger, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
The Child's Doctor
Journal of Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Fall 2011
You can now read CME articles, take quizzes, and receive credit online. View continuing medical education section.
CME ARTICLES
Release date: December 5, 2011. Termination date: December 5, 2012.
Estimated time to complete this educational activity is 2 hours. Adobe Acrobat is required to access this program.
Process for obtaining CME category 1 credit: 1) review the target audience, learning objectives, faculty credentials and disclosure information; 2) read the articles; 3) complete and submit the post-assessment, evaluation form and the registration form in these pages.
Target audience: Community physicians
The Child's Doctor CME program is sponsored by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Author disclosures:
- Drs. Paller, Sorrell, Yerkes, and Ms. Schreiber have no industry relationships to disclose and do not refer to products that are still investigational or not labeled for the use in discussion.
- Dr. Shaibani refers to devices used in pediatric neurointervention that are approved in adults, but used off-label in children. He has no industry relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Swamy discusses metformin, which is approved for type 2 diabetes in children and used off-label to treat PCOS in adolescents. Dr. Swamy also discusses spironolactone, which is not FDA-approved for pediatric use. She has no industry relationships to disclose.
Editorial disclosures:
- Drs. Brogan, Donaldson, Green, Hageman, Hall, Nevin, Ogata, Perlman, Reynolds, Rucoba, Unger, and Ms. Lerman have no industry relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Dulcan has received travel reimbursement as a consultant and member of the Eli Lilly ADHD/RD advisory board; and book royalties from the American Psychiatric Publishing as author and editor.
CME: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescents
Anita N. Swamy, MD, Medical Director and Program Co-Director, Chicago Children's Diabetes Center at La Rabida Children's Hospital
Educational Objectives: Identify adolescent girls who present with features of PCOS; evaluate possible PCOS cases using appropriate laboratory and imaging studies; describe treatment options for adolescents with PCOS
CME: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Elizabeth B. Yerkes, MD, Attending Physician, Urology
Jennifer Schreiber, APN, Advanced Practice Nurse, Bladder Function Improvement Training (BFIT) Program, Urology
Educational Objectives: Troubleshoot positive urine cultures in the setting of negative urinalysis or insignificant cultures in the setting of positive urinalysis; identify indications for imaging the urinary tract in recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs); initiate behavioral management in children with recurrent UTIs
CME: Neurointervention in Pediatrics
Ali Shaibani, MD, Director, Neurointerventional Service
Educational Objectives: Describe the role of neurointerventional techniques in the treatment of vascular diseases of the brain and spine; describe the role of neurointerventional techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of non-vascular diseases of the extracranial head, neck and spine
CME: Dermatology Quiz and Case Discussion
Jennifer Sorrell, MD, Dermatology Resident
Amy Paller, MD, Attending Physician, Dermatology
Educational Objectives: Recognize the disorder described in the vignette and shown in the photograph; describe the clinical features and causes of the condition; discuss the management approaches
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