Acute Emergencies on the Pediatric Subspecialty Wards
This course discusses common emergency situations in pediatric subspecialties, including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, oncology and complex care. Learn from experienced clinicians as they review real-life case scenarios, and discuss how to identify, manage and treat acute care situations you will see frequently in pediatric wards.

Learning Objectives
Recognize signs and symptoms that indicate worsening heart failure
Discuss a framework for managing pediatric patients with tachyarrhythmias
Initiate an initial work-up for a hypoxemic patient with single ventricle heart disease
List steps of examining a patient with respiratory distress
Identify targeted therapies for managing hemoptysis
Describe initial therapy for acute pancreatitis
Perform appropriate treatment for a patient with central line associated blood stream infection
Identify optimal interventions for management of patients with fever, neutropenia, and risk for serious bacterial infections
Develop an approach to diagnosis and management of new fever in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient
Learn how to manage tumor lysis syndrome
Identify aspects of a complex care patient's history that could contribute to respiratory changes
Lessons
Shunt Thrombosis
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Management of Severe Asthma Exacerbation and Recognition of Acute Respiratory Failure
Acute Respiratory Distress and Failure in the Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
Hemoptysis
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Sepsis in the Short Gut Patient
Pancreatitis
Fever and Neutropenia
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Sepsis in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patient
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant – Electrolyte Concerns
Conditioning Side Effects in the Stem Cell Transplant
Respiratory Failure in the Complex Care Patient
Tracheostomy Primer
Tracheostomy Troubleshooting
Gastrostomy Tube Primer
Gastrostomy Tube Troubleshooting
Status Epilepticus on the Pediatric Ward
Author(s)
Katherine Schlosser, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Specialist | Columbia University
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Nadeen Abujaber, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist, Division of General Pediatrics | Boston Children's Hospital
Lindsay Armstrong, MD
Pediatric Surgeon, General Surgery | AdventHealth Medical Group
Emily Barsky, MD, MBE
Pediatric Associate Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center | Boston Children's Hospital
Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Bram Raphael, MD
Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Vassilios J. Bezzerides, MD, PhD
Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Nina L. Gluchowski, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist | University of Vermont Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor | Larner College of Medicine
Robert Graham, MD
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Critical Care and Pain Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Katie A. Greenzang, MD, EdM
Director of Education | Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology Fellowship | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Amit Grover, MD
Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Kenan Haver, MD
Director, Asthma Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Andrew L. Hong, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics | Emory University School of Medicine
Oncologist | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Instructor of Pediatrics | Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Michelle Lee, MD, MPH
Pediatrician | Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC)
Leslie Lehmann, MD
Director, Clinical Stem Cell Transplantation Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Medical Director, International Hematology/Oncology/BMT | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor | Harvard Medical School
Michael A. Manfredi, MD
Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director of the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Steven Margossian, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director | Nuvalent
Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | Boston Children's Hospital
Clinical Ethicist | Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Profita, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies (PACT) | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University
Steven D. Rosenblatt, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery | Weill Cornell Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital
Anjuli Sinha Campbell, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Cardiology | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Sarah Teele, MD
Director of Cardiology Safety, Quality, and Clinical Outcomes | Boston Children's Hospital
Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
Director, BRIDGES Adult Transition Program
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Roubing Wang, MD
Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Nikolaus Wolter, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery | University of Toronto
Otolaryngologist | Hospital for Sick Children
Course Director(s)
Katherine Schlosser, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Specialist | Columbia University
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Schlosser K, Wolbrink TA. Acute Emergencies on the Pediatric Subspecialty Wards. 07/2021. OPENPediatrics. Online Course: https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/courses/5146/acute-emergencies-on-the-pediatric-subspecialty-wards.
