Urgent Care Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in Pediatric Patients

CME Information

Date of Original Release: April 15, 2022. Date of most recent review: April 1, 2022. Termination date: April 15, 2025.

Accreditation: EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the ACCME.

Credit Designation: EB Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA Accreditation: Evidence-Based Urgent Care is eligible for 4 Category 2-A or 2-B credit hours per issue by the American Osteopathic Association.

Specialty CME: Included as part of the 4 credits, this CME activity is eligible for 1 pharmacology credit and 2 infectious disease credits, subject to your state and institutional requirements.

Needs Assessment: The need for this educational activity was determined by a practice gap analysis; a survey of medical staff, including the editorial board of this publication; review of morbidity and mortality data from the CDC, AHA, NCHS, and ACEP; and evaluation responses from prior educational activities for emergency physicians.

Target Audience: This enduring material is designed for urgent care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents.

Goals: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify areas in practice that require modification to be consistent with current evidence in order to improve competence and performance; (2) develop strategies to accurately diagnose and treat both common and critical ED presentations; and (3) demonstrate informed medical decision-making based on the strongest clinical evidence.

CME Objectives: Upon completion of this article you should be able to: (1) Describe the ideal treatment strategy for mild-to-moderate dehydration due to gastroenteritis; (2) explain how antiemetics can decrease healthcare costs; and (3) discuss the role of antibiotic therapy in management of bacterial acute gastroenteritis.

Discussion of Investigational Information: As part of the activity, faculty may be presenting investigational information about pharmaceutical products that is outside Food and Drug Administration–approved labeling. Information presented as part of this activity is intended solely as continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of any pharmaceutical product.

Faculty Disclosure: It is the policy of EB Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a CME activity are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships and to assist in mitigating the relationships. In compliance with all ACCME accreditation requirements and policies, all faculty for this CME activity were asked to complete a full financial disclosure statement. The information received is as follows: Update Contributors (April 2022): the author Dr. Emily Montgomery; peer reviewer, Dr. Michael Gorn; and Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Keith Pochick, report no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Original Contributors (February 2018): Dr. Brady, Dr. Jones, Dr. Toledo, Dr. Claudius, Dr. Horeczko, Dr. Mishler, Dr. Jagoda, and their related parties report no significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed in this educational presentation.

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