Schedule
Friday, June 5, 2009
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Welcome
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
UTI – Current Stream of Information
Discussion will include issues with the current guidelines, outcomes data, controversies on imaging and duration of IV therapy.
Ruben Nazario, M.D., Kentucky Children's Hospital
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Interpretation of Common ALTE Studies – No Need to Lose Sleep Over It
Discussion will include how to interpret and what to do with sleep studies, swallow studies, UGI, and metabolic screening. The focus will NOT be on why or why not to order these studies.
Erich Maul, M.D., Kentucky Children's Hospital
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Soft Tissue Infections – The Skinny on Antibiotic Selection and Wound Management
This will be a combined session addressing both the medical and surgical approach to management.
Jeffrey S. Bennett, M.D., Kentucky Children's Hospital
Richard Hendrickson, M.D., Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night Reception
Saturday, June 6, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Pneumonia – To VATS or Not to VATS that is the Question
Discussion will include a critical approach to diagnosis and treatment of both simple and complicated CAP, antibiotic choice, duration of therapy including IV vs. PO, discharge endpoints, regional resistance patterns for common pathogens, chest tube and VATS.
Jeff McKinney, M.D., Saint Louis Children's Hospital
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Fever without Source – What's Hot and What's Not
This will be a quality-focused session demonstrating a process that involves taking evidence, building a consensus across different disciplines and measuring it. Though the focus will be on quality clinical issues, shortening LOS, selective admissions, use of acyclovir, decreasing unintended consequences and how to manage the partially treated patient will also be addressed.
Brian M. Pate, M.D., FAAP, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Faculty Forum – Q & A from All Levels
This will be a panel question and answer session with appeal to hospitalists of any background.
Moderator: David Zipes, M.D., Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent
Panel: Joanne Hilden, Darcy Burthay, Kishore Vellody, Patricia Lye
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
How to Manage Conflict in the Hospital Setting – Don’t Be Conflicted
This session will be case based and will provide practical tips for handling conflict between nurses, physicians and other health care staff.
Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Clinical Conundrums – Bet You Can't Figure These Out
This session will include three case presentations with active audience participation.
Moderator: Doug Carlson, M.D., Saint Louis Children's Hospital
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Innovations in Hospital Medicine Practice
This session will focus on innovations in the practice, delivery and/or teaching of Pediatric Hospital Medicine from the hospitals in our region. Presentations will be succinct descriptions of unique attributes of the presenter's program. The session will include three, fifteen-minute presentations with time for questions.
Moderators: Patricia Lye, M.D., Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Brian M. Pate, M.D., FAAP, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sedation: Training and Credentialing Hospitalists for Safe and Effective Sedation Delivery
This one is sure to keep you awake!
Doug Carlson, M.D., Saint Louis Children's Hospital | 
