This course features nationally prominent faculty presenting topics that highlight current issues in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. The course combines lectures, interactive seminars, and Q&A sessions allowing the opportunity to interact directly with faculty.

On the agenda:

• Molecular Mechanisms of Allergic Asthma
• Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Lung Injury
• Normal and Abnormal Sleep in Infants
• Aerodigestive Referral: Who, Why and When?
• New Thoracic Imaging: Diagnostic
• CFTR Modulating Drugs
• Cystic Fibrosis Diagnostic Dilemmas: CRMS (CFSPID), CFRD, and Interpreting the NBS
• Biologic Medications in Asthma
• Fungal Diseases of the Lung
• Aerodigestive Disorders: What We’re
• Seeing, What We’re Doing About Them
• Fetal Surgery Interventions
• Sleep Disorders Other than OSA
• Congenital Abnormalities of the Lung
• Pediatric Chest Trauma
• COVID-19 in Children
• ABPA and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• The Microbiome in Cystic Fibrosis
• New Antibiotics in Cystic Fibrosis: IV and Inhaled?
• Allergy Testing: RAST and ImmunoCAP vs Scratch Testing
• Pulmonary Nodules: When to Worry
• Control of Breathing Basics
• Non-modulator Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis: Inflammation, Infection and Nutrition
• How Does Immunotherapy Work? Is OIT Effective?
• Home (or non-lab) Sleep Study Options
• The Embryology of Congenital Pulmonary Malformations
• Basics of Polysomnography, CPAP and BPAP
• Asthma Basics
• Sleep Hygiene: Teens and Screens
• Basic CXR Interpretation (ABCDE)
• Functional Respiratory Disorders
• Vaccine Essentials: Schedules/Exceptions

18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ABP MOC points