Video: Important updates in latest Red Book
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NEW YORK — In this video, David W. Kimberlin, MD, the program director of the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, discusses important changes in the AAP’s 2021 Red Book.
Kimberlin — the Sergio B. Stagno, MD, endowed chair in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children’s of Alabama and an editor of the Red Book — said “every single chapter has been modified since the 2018 edition.”
Most importantly for busy pediatricians, he said, is “an attempt to make information more rapidly retrievable,” as well as a new systems-based table that can help providers determine which bacteria are the most likely cause of an infection and to easily retrieve more information about those pathogens.
References:
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Infectious Diseases. Red Book. Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Academy of Pediatrics; 2021. https://redbook.solutions.aap.org/redbook.aspx. Accessed Nov. 20, 2021.
Kimberlin DW. 2021 Red Book update. Presented at: Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium; Nov. 20-21, 2021; New York (hybrid meeting).