Pediatric Grand Rounds Enduring: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: 10-year retrospective NCH case review

Enduring Activity: 2021 Pediatric Grand Rounds
“Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A 10-year retrospective review of cases at Norton Children’s Hospital”
Target Audience
This activity is targeted toward all general pediatric physicians and pediatric subspecialists in the community.
Statement of Need
Pediatric grand rounds provide physicians a continuous update on emerging trends in caring for the pediatric patient, including new scientific discoveries that provide the underpinning of current pediatric practice. This activity will inform physicians about other issues involving professionalism, socioeconomic issues, and topics related to the ACMGE core competencies.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to:
1) Discuss the pathophysiology, timeline of events and prognosis of typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
2) Identify how to prevent or decrease dialysis requirements in children who present hemolytic uremic syndrome.
3) Define the major epidemiological factors, risk and prognostic factors, short and long term complications of children who presented with HUS at our institution in last 10 years.
4) Discuss what was learned at Norton Children’s Hospital in last 10 years while taking care of children with hemolytic uremic syndrome.
5) Identity from a general pediatrician’s perspective, what the long-term follow up and monitoring focus on in children with history of hemolytic uremic syndrome should be.
Faculty
Siddharth Shah, MD, FASN
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Norton Children’s Medical Group
Louisville, Kentucky
Faculty Disclosure
Faculty for this course has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Planner Disclosure
No planners for this course have conflicts of interest to disclose.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Norton Healthcare and the University of Louisville Department Of Pediatrics. Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Norton Healthcare designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date of Original Release | February 2021
Course Termination Date | February 2023
Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical Education; [phone] or [e-mail]
Resources
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Contemporary Pediatric Experience
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29189...
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32238...