About Pediatrics and Primary Care

PURPOSE: The purpose of the Neonatology and Perinatology session is to concentrate on quality improvement and to ensure ideal well-being of newborns and mothers. The series of keynote talks, workshops, poster presentations, discussions and networking events will keep the attendees occupied with learning the best practices in infant care and quality improvement methods to improve newborn outcomes.

OBJECTIVE: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Define the pediatrician’s role in lessening lethality in high risk pregnancies and complications of childbirth.
• Analyze symptoms demonstrating the onset of life-threatening events in term and preterm infants.
• Discuss the pathophysiology, complications and specific contemplations of new-born diseases.

Pediatrics and Primary Care Sessions

• Childhood Obesity: Analysis and Treatment
• Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases
• Nurses role in Pediatrics
• Diabetes Management in Children
• Childhood Cancer
• Neonatal and Infant Nutrition
• Early Signs and Symptoms of Autism & ADHD
• Dysfunctional breathing in Children with Asthma
• Inherited Metabolic Disorders
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry