25 - Help or Hype? Update on Biomarkers in Management of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases

10/3/2019

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 207 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-383-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

discuss the advantages and limitations of procalcitonin in the management of sepsis and critically-ill adults and children
evaluate the current evidence for use of procalcitonin for diagnosis and management of lower respiratory tract infections and the febrile infant
describe biomarkers in the pipeline for the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
58 - Procalcitonin as a Marker for Sepsis - A Useful Test or the Best We Have?
Kevin J. Downes, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM
59 - Procalcitonin and Common Febrile Illnesses: Hype or Help?
Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE – Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
60 - The Next Generation of ID Host Response Biomarkers
Ephraim L. Tsalik, MD, MHS, PhD – Duke University

Moderator(s)

Ephraim Tsalik, MD, MHS, PhD

Associate Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC

Disclosure: BioFire: Grant/Research Support
Biomerieux: Grant/Research Support
CytoVale: Consultant
Immunexpress: Consultant
Predigen, Inc.: Officer or Board Member, Research Grant
Qvella: Other Financial or Material Support, Research Collaboration
Kevin Downes, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Disclosure: Merck: Grant/Research Support, Research Grant
Pfizer: Grant/Research Support

Speaker(s)

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Ephraim Tsalik, MD, MHS, PhD

Associate Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC

Disclosure: BioFire: Grant/Research Support
Biomerieux: Grant/Research Support
CytoVale: Consultant
Immunexpress: Consultant
Predigen, Inc.: Officer or Board Member, Research Grant
Qvella: Other Financial or Material Support, Research Collaboration