Articles for PPAG

Tomorrow we say goodbye to Julie Clyce, our Assistant Director, after four years of service to the Association

The New PPAG is dedicated to providing opportunities for members to participate and lead the association. We feel that revising and streamlining our bylaws to provide members with direct representation is necessary.

PPAG is pleased to announce the location and dates of the 20th Pediatric Pharmacy Conference and 2011 Annual Meeting. PPAG will be headed to the Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock 'n Roll, Memphis, Tennessee. Mark your calendars for March 16-20, 2011. The meeting venue will be the Memphis Marriott Downtown. Room rates will be affordable at $119.00 per night. We look forward to celebrating 20 years of live education with you in Memphis. This will be the first Annual ...

Four weeks into our Campaign for Growth, over sixty (60) PPAG members and friends of the organization have donated over half of our annual fundraising goal!!! Some donors have pledged multi-year contributions as well, bringing our total gifts to $22,300 over 5 years.

Jennifer Chow, Michael Chicella, Anthony Christensen, Eloise Woodruff, Mital Desai, Carolyn Moneymaker, John Harrington, and James Dice at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daugther (CHKD) in Norfolk Virginia are recognized for the establishment of a pharmacist-managed RSV Prevention Clinic. The group was selected from thirty (30) submissions.

The Pediatric Pharmacy Conference and PPAG Annual Meeting is designed for practitioners and administrators involved in drug therapy decisions for children. The Meeting is designed by pediatric pharmacists who understand the unique needs of the pediatric patient. This conference will provide important educational benefits for participants who want to improve their positioning in the health care enviornment. It will ...

The April-June 2010 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics is now available online.

PPAG is launching "Campaign for Growth: Building the New PPAG." Click here for more information!

Michael D. Reed, PharmD, has been selected as the 2010 Yaffe Award winner. The award is given in recognition of significant and sustained contributions toward the improvement of children’s health through the expansion of the field of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics.

Robert Kuhn, PharmD has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Helms Award. The award recognizes sustained and meritorious contributions to PPAG and to pediatric pharmacy practice, and contributions of importance to education, new knowledge, and outreach.

WARNING from the National Action Network: RISK FOR SERIOUS OR FATAL MEDICATION ERROR

Routine vaccination of pediatric patients with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, also known as Prevnar® or PCV-7, has resulted in a 76% decrease in invasive pneumococcal disease in children less than five years of age in the United States.

Due to numerous requests, the abstract deadline for the 19th Annual Meeting has been extended to Friday, June 11, 2010. Submit your abstract here. See the Call for Abstracts for more information. Thank you.

In January 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the interim results of surveillance data of persons who had actually received the H1N1 vaccine between October and December 2009.

The Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) is re-evaluating the process for offering subspecialty exams. One of the first things that must be completed is a needs assessment. BPS will move forward on the needs assessment if there is justification to support the development of a seperate exam. A survey has been designed to get a head count of the number of pediatric practitioners who are in the United States that would consider sitting for a Pediatric Board certification exam.

Infantile spasms (IS) or West Syndrome is a rare disorder of early infancy characterized by the clinical presentation of spasms, impedance of psychomotor development and abnormalities in electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns or hypsarrhythmias. IS typically does not respond well to standard epileptic drug therapy. However, efficacy has been observed with vigabatrin, corticotropin (ACTH), topiramate and corticosteroids.

The internet can be a great resource for information about healthcare. The problem is making sure that what you find is accurate and reliable. This is especially true when the question at hand is regarding the care of a child. Parents need resources that provide concise, professional, correct, and up-to-date information about their child’s healthcare, specifically when it comes to medications. PPAG's website, KidsMeds, is a great resource for parents to find exactly this kind of information.

The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Online Bookstore is pleased to provide quality apparel that includes the PPAG logo at reasonable prices.

What if PPAG earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?Introducing "GoodSearch" for PPAG!

PPAG member Catherine Tom-Revzon was featured in the March 2010 issue of American Baby.