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Activity Steps

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Description

The certificate for this activity is for NON-PHYSICIANS.

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Describe the current published literature supporting the efficacy of corticosteroids for treating acute asthma during childhood.
  2. Compare the dosing, efficacy, and adverse effects of prednisone and dexamethasone for the treatment of acute asthma.
  3. Apply available evidence on corticosteroid treatment for acute asthma to design an appropriate emergency department treatment protocol.

Disclosures

The authors, faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: FREE

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: PECN0118
Published: Janaury 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Pediatric Emergency Care
Required Passing Score: 4/5 (80%)
Authors: Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH, Laura Jones, PharmD, and Joseph J. Zorc, MD, MSCE
Categories: Pediatrics
Specialties: Pediatrics
Topics: Dexamethasone Compared to Prednisone , Treatment of Children With Acute Asthma Exacerbations