Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology

Emergency Medicine

General Pediatrics

Hospital Medicine

Infectious Diseases

Trainee

Too Hot: Update on Pediatric Fever Syndromes

Chair(s)

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  Karen Acker, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
  Weill Cornell Medicine
  New York, New York, United States

Although fever is the most common presenting syndrome for pediatric illness, persistent unexplained fever, recurrent fever, and fever with rash remain challenging to manage. In this session, experts in pediatric infectious diseases and rheumatology give an update on what's new in approaching these difficult cases. The focus will be on developing practical skills and expertise, and bringing new research findings into the clinic.

Presentations:

• 4:00pm – 4:30pm HST

  Too Hot Too Rashy: Differentiating Important Causes of Fever and Rash in Children
  

  Speaker: Ellie Margolis, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• 4:30pm – 5:00pm HST

  Too Hot Too Long: Getting a Handle on Persistent Unexplained Fever
  

  Speaker: Amanda Green, MD (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• 5:00pm – 5:30pm HST

  Too Hot Too Often: Identifying and Managing Periodic Fever Syndromes
  

  Speaker: Amanda K. Ombrello, MD (she/her/hers) – NHGRI/NIH