Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Identify the characteristics of the syndrome and the challenges on its management
2. Recognize how development of an educational program on disease-related knowledge and skills can assist patients with chronic disease transition care from pediatric to adult providers
3. Understand how BMI fluctuates with age and relates to cardiopulmonary function in children with DMD
4. Describe the effect buccal dextrose gel has on the rate of NICU admissions for neonatal hypoglycemia and be able to implement the use of buccal dextrose gel in the newborn nursery for the treatment of neonatal hypoglycemia.
 

Faculty

Adam Adamidis, MD
Pediatric Endocrine Fellow
UMMS - Baystate

Anna Zenno, MD
Med Peds Resident
UMMS - Baystate

Kaitlyn Freeman, DO
Pediatric Resident
UMMS - Baystate

Lisa Grady, DO
Pediatric Resident
UMMS - Baystate

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.