COVID-19 A Further Review of the Literature

Course: COVID 19 - A Further Review of the Literature

Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi M.D. - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh

Course Director: John Williams M.D. - Professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh

Course Director: Megan Culler Freeman M.D., Ph.D - Fellow in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Disclosures: None

This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.

This episode is COVID 19 - A Further Review of the Literature. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.

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Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review the literature on the Hydroxychloroquine’s use in COVID-19 infection.
2. Review the literature on Angiotensin Enzyme Inhibitors and NSAIDS usage in novel Coronavirus 2019 infection.
3. Review the epidemiological data on COVID-19 in Pediatrics and in the USA up to this point.

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Released: 3/26/2020, Reviewed 3/26/2020, Expire: 3/26/2021

If you are new to the Internet-based Studies in Education and Research (ISER) website (which is how you will get your CME credit), you will first need to create an account:

Step 1. Create an Account

https://www.hsconnect.pitt.edu/HSC/home/create-account.do

If you have used the ISER website in the past, you can click on the link below and then log onto in order to complete the evaluation for this training:

Step 2. To access the test for CME credit:

https://cme.hs.pitt.edu/ISER/app/learner/loadModule?moduleId=21553&dev=true

Accreditation Statement:

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.