CASE DISCUSSION
Management of Pediatric Pneumonia
Presented India by Dr. Bharat ParmarViews
13,897
Credit Points
Learning Hours
CPD Points
CME Points
Courses Completed
Case Description
Pneumonia is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years old worldwide. Even though the developing world accounts for the vast majority of pediatric pneumonia-related mortality, pneumonia nevertheless has a considerable economic burden in wealthy nations due to high...
Case Summary
- Chronic abdominal pain in children is frequently functional, meaning no underlying organic disease is present. Functional abdominal pain is classified based on symptoms and location. Differentiating functional from organic pain involves looking for red flags like onset before age 5, weight loss, fever, joint pain, deceleration of growth, GI bleeding, and abnormal lab results. Organic pain also tends to wake children up at night and have specific radiation patterns.
Speaker Profile
Dr. Bharat Parmar
Professor And Head of Pediatrics at Zydus Medical College, Civil HospitalDr. Bharat Parmar is a distinguished pediatrician and academician with extensive expertise in child healthcare, pediatric education, and clinical pediatrics. He serves as the Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Zydus Medical College and Civil Hospital. Dr. Parmar is known for his contributions to pediatric care, medical teaching, and advancing evidence-based practices in child health and neonatal care.
Disclosures
Assimilate requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity have been reviewed and mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.