2012 Satellite Education Day Archives

2012 Satellite Education Day

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

POGO’s 2012 Satellite Education Day examined clinical issues identified by health care providers working in community hospitals (designated satellite centres) that provide treatment to children with cancer in collaboration with academic health sciences centers. The program provided delegates with practical strategies to manage these issues in order to improve care provided to pediatric cancer patients.

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NOTE: The content of each presentation below captures the unedited information and opinions presented by the speakers. Please note that the information contained in the presentations was current at the time it was presented – there may be further information in subsequent literature. Listed speaker credentials were current at the time of presentation.

Bacterial Infections in Children with Cancer: Risk Factors, Empiric Therapy and a Possible Role for Prophylaxis

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Presentation Description: Bacterial infections in children being treated for cancer continue to be a significant contributor to treatment related morbidity and mortality. This presentation provided an overview of risk stratification for children with fever and neutropenia and discussed strategies for decision making about empiric antibacterial management. In addition, the data regarding the role of antibacterial prophylaxis in the patients at highest risk for serious bacterial infection were reviewed.

Speaker:

Sarah Alexander, MD
Pediatric Oncologist, SickKids, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Quick Hit – F&N: What Happens After Admission?

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Presentation Description: Your patient is admitted with fever and neutropenia. What do you do with their PCP prophylaxis? You indentify a bug – how do you safely tailor therapy? What happens with persistent or recurrent fever? When is it safe to send them home? What is haematological recovery really? This Quick Hit covered these issues and others, incorporating discussion of the Satellite Blueprint Guidelines and clinical judgment.

Speaker:

Angela Punnett, MD, FRCPC
Staff Physician, Hematology/Oncology
SickKids, Toronto, ON

When is a Tummy Ache Just a Tummy Ache? What’s Different About Common Pediatric Symptoms in Oncology Patients?

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Presentation Description: Complaints such as abdominal pain, headache, body pain and respiratory symptoms are common pediatric complaints. These presentations are equally, if not more, common in pediatric oncology patients. While pediatric oncology patients are ‘kids first’, kids’ cancer and its treatments means these common symptoms might suggest much more serious underlying problems. This interactive session reviewed and discussed some familiar pediatric presenting symptoms and highlighted some of the potential causes related to oncology therapy.

Speaker:

Paul Gibson, MD FRCPC
Staff Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London ON

Workshop – Grading Toxicities

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

This workshop was not filmed. If you would like a copy of the distribution materials provided in this workshop, please contact education@pogo.ca

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