AAP National Conference and Exhibition
Section on Neurology
October 17 - 20, 2009
Washington, D.C.
PROGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009
F1102 Evaluating the Child With Muscle Weakness
Faculty: Thomas Crawford, MD
Rheumatic and Neurologic diseases manifested by weakness will be discussed, including specific salient historical findings and physical examination findings that help to localize the disorder to the central nervous system, spinal cord, neuromuscular junction, and the muscle itself. The most appropriate laboratory and imaging studies will be reviewed, with a discussion regarding how to interpret the results. Management strategies for the most common diagnoses will be reviewed.
Selected Short Subject
4:00 – 4:45 pm
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology, Section on Rheumatology
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009
A2023 Neurology Questions in the Office
Faculty: Thomas K. Koch, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Eric Heath Kossoff, MD
This course would inform the pediatrician as to how to accurately identify neurological conditions and make appropriate management and referral decisions in a clinical scenario. Attendees can bring their questions for the most common chief complaints in pediatric neurology and learn a practical approach to the neurological exam.
Audience Response Case Discussion
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
F2055 Head Trauma: When Is It Safe to Return to Sports?
Faculty: Mark Dias, MD, FAAP
This lecture will review the clinical spectrum, radiographic findings, and outcomes from traumatic brain injury, emphasizing those injuries that occur during sporting events. The frequency, pathophysiology, and significance of the “second impact syndrome” will be reviewed. A synopsis of the various concussion scales and algorithms will be provided along with reasonable recommendations for the safe return to organized sports based on the severity of the initial injury and subsequent clinical course of the child.
Selected Short Subject
9:15 – 10:30 am
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
F2114 Seizure Treatment: New Antiepileptic Drugs, What Should I Know?
Faculty: Faculty: Eric Heath Kossoff, MD
This seminar will instruct the pediatrician regarding which children really need treatment for epilepsy and what treatment is best and will get the pediatrician up to speed on the latest trends in the diagnosis and management of childhood seizures. The instructors will review epidemiology, medical therapies, diagnostic tools and new treatments including epilepsy surgery.
Selected Short Subject
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
A2108 Headaches: When Do I Worry, Who Do I Scan?
Faculty: Thomas K. Koch, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Donald Lewis, MD, FAAP
This course will test the pediatricians' knowledge and present a review of headache management. The pediatrician wil learn to distinguish ominous (secondary) headaches from migraine (primary) headaches; understand which headaches merit neuroimaging or specialty consultation; review the most current pharmacologic approaches to migraine; and learn non-pharmacologic methods for managing migraine.
Audience Response Case Discussion
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
S3034 Headache Treatment: Conventional and Alternative Therapies
Faculty: Thomas K. Koch, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Donald Lewis, MD, FAAP
Pediatricians will learn the clinical features that distinguish the primary headaches from the more ominous processes and to provide a foundation for successful treatment. Migraine is the most common disabling recurrent headache syndrome in children and adolescents and occurs in about 5% of young children and up to 15 % of teenagers. The management of migraine in pediatric populations requires an individually tailored regimen of bio-behavioral interventions as well as pharmacologic agents for the acute treatment and on occasion, daily prophylactic.
Seminar
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Repeats as S3086
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
S3035 Controversies in the Treatment of Epilepsy
Faculty: Adam Hartman, MD, FAAP; Eric Kossoff, MD
This course will teach the pediatrician what's new in the diagnosis and initial management of infants and children with seizures. As the care of children with epilepsy continues to advance, initial diagnostic and treatment decisions remain critical.
Seminar
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
S3086 Headache Treatment: Conventional and Alternative Therapies
Faculty: Thomas K. Koch, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Donald Lewis, MD, FAAP
Pediatricians will learn the clinical features that distinguish the primary headaches from the more ominous processes and to provide a foundation for successful treatment. Migraine is the most common disabling recurrent headache syndrome in children and adolescents and occurs in about 5% of young children and up to 15 % of teenagers. The management of migraine in pediatric populations requires an individually tailored regimen of bio-behavioral interventions as well as pharmacologic agents for the acute treatment and on occasion, daily prophylactic.
Seminar
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Repeats as S3034
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009
A4015 Brain Storms: Fits, Faints and Funny Spells
Faculty: Donald L. Gilbert, MD, FAAP; Donald Lewis, MD, FAAP
When the child’s brain function abruptly changes, it could be a seizure or other symptom generated by the brain, or the brain could be an innocent bystander. This session focuses on practical diagnosis and management of children with paroxysmal events, syncope, seizure, unusual migraines, and other attacks.
Audience Response Case Discussion
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology
F4056 Tourette Syndrome and the Primary Care Pediatrician
Faculty: Donald L. Gilbert, MD, FAAP
This session will cover the neurobiology of Tourette syndrome; understanding and managing tics; and diagnosing and managing comorbid conditions like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and learning disabilities.
Selected Short Subject
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Sponsored by the Section on Neurology, Section on Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Council on Children With Disabilities, Medical Home Project Advisory Committee
