Credit Hours: CME 0.75

Target Audience:

This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.

Educational Objectives:

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

Review updates in Urinary tract infection (UTI) research.
Review Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) & what the research says about it's connection with UTIs.
Review the urobiome and how it's being used in UTI research.
Review the UTI calculator and its clinical usage.

There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to only administer the post-test and collect CME evaluations for the podcast associated with this training.

A Note From Dr. Tarchichi:
This series of podcasts were created to keep the busy physician of today informed and up to date on some of the most important diagnoses and issues we face every day in the care of hospitalized children. Please log in, complete a brief quiz, a course evaluation and get your CME credit. Thank you for listening and enjoy.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Suggested Additional Reading:

CS. Forster, AC. Wood, S Davis-Rodriguez, PW. Chang, et al., UTI in Children with CAKUT Study Group; Frequency of Treatment Failure of UTIs in Children With Congenital Urinary Tract Anomalies. Hosp Pediatr March 2024; 14 (3): 189–196. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2023-007427
S. Swartz, J. Kolinski, J. Hadjiev, et al.; Urinary Tract Infection in Young Infants: Practice Patterns in Evaluation and Treatment. Hosp Pediatr September 2020; 10 (9): 792–796. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2020-0178
Forster CS, Devarajan P. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: utility in urologic conditions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Mar;32(3):377-381. doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3540-0. Epub 2016 Oct 26. PMID: 27785626; PMCID: PMC5274571.
Gerber D, Forster CS, Hsieh M. The Role of the Genitourinary Microbiome in Pediatric Urology: a Review. Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Feb 22;19(1):13. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0763-6. PMID: 29468401; PMCID: PMC6218163.
Forster CS, Kowalewski NN, Atienza M, Reines K, Ross S. Defining Urinary Tract Infections in Children With Spina Bifida: A Systematic Review. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Nov;11(11):1280-1287. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-005934. PMID: 34697071.
Kenneth B. Roberts, Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection, Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management; Urinary Tract Infection: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months. Pediatrics September 2011; 128 (3): 595–610. 10.1542/peds.2011-1330

Joint Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:

Allison Williams, MD (Planning Committee) — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Catherine S. Forster, MD, MS, FAAP — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Group.
Dr. Tarchichi has disclosed he was a member of the Advisory board member for Meningococcal Vaccination in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients Advisory Board - Sanofi Inc.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.