Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to

1.  Discuss the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on risk factors for pediatric type 2 diabetes.
2.  Discuss preventative measures for pediatric pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
3.  Summarize the clinical presentation of primary adrenal insufficiency in pediatric patients.
4.  Describe common causes of primary adrenal insufficiency in pediatric patients.
5.  Discuss the chronic treatment of adrenal insufficiency and treatment of adrenal crisis.

Faculty

Natalya Latysheva, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow
UMMS - Baystate

Snigdha Likki, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow
UMMS - Baystate

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.