Category: Infectious diseases

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This week’s topics include Medicare spending on frail elderly, resorbable stents, men with HPV, and procalcitonin to assess antibiotic need. Program notes: 0:41 Looking at procalcitonin to determine antibiotic use 1:42 Improve or worsen survival 2:40 Point of care testing …

PodMed – Week of October 20, 2017 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Infectious diseases, Patient Care, PodMed, Smoking, Surgery, Surgical Care
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This week’s topics include how the Zika virus changed, outcomes after surgery and health literacy, e-cigarettes and healthcare costs, and a reaction to tattooing. Program notes: 0:36 Case report of an outcome after a tattoo 1:32 Reaction to the tattoo …

PodMed – Week of October 9, 2017 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Infectious diseases, PodMed, Prevention, Respiratory Disorders, Vaccines
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This week’s topics include a new antibody for asthma, early treatment in COPD, mumps vaccine to curtail an outbreak, and medical exemptions from routine vaccinations. Program notes: 0:38 Avoiding vaccines with medical exemptions 1:38 More people who are vaccinated the …

PodMed – Week of September 11, 2017 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Heart And Vascular, Infectious diseases, Influenza (flu), PodMed, Surgery
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This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment. Program notes: 0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine? 1:31 Reformulation of nasal type …

PodMed – Week of August 14, 2017 Read more »