Lawrence Rice, MD
Dr. Lawrence Rice is Professor of Medicine in Hematology and Thrombosis Research. He has been Program Director of Hematology...
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Hatim Omar, MD, FAAP
Dr. Omar is a Professor in Pediatrics and Obstetrics Gynecology and Director of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parent Program at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Dr. Kavanaugh is Professor of Medicine at The University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine and the Director of the Center for Innovative Therapy in Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology.
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Elliott M. Antman, MD, FACC
Dr. Antman is director of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit in the Cardiovascular Division of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) affects thousands of hospitalized patients annually. Although many patients demonstrate some clinical criteria for ARDS the diagnosis is specific and should be made accurately. Likewise, many therapies for ARDS are based upon strong clinical evidence while others are more anecdotal and less well-established. This presentation will concisely summarize the epidemiology, diagnosis and evidence-based therapy for ARDS and is appropriate for hospitalists,...
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Andrew C. Bernard, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
University of Kentucky Medical...
Antibiotics: Practice Pearls for the Emergency Department Physician has been developed to provide an overview of the general principles of antibiotic therapy and includes a review the currentclasses of antibiotics available to the emergency department (ED)physician and outlines their place in the clinical armamentarium. Aspects such as indications, dosing schedules, and common adverse effects will be discussed.
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David L. Paterson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of the Antibiotic...
Emergency Department (ED) physicians commonly serve as the first healthcare provider contact for patients with a variety of community-acquired cutaneous and respiratory tract infections. As such, they must rapidly make a diagnosis, determine the severity of the process, and institute appropriate empiric therapy. In recent years, drug-resistant bacterial infections have become more common in the community, particularly CA-MRSA. In addition, the spectrum of pneumonias has been expanded to...
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Almost 2,000,000 Americans are brain-injured every year and mortality and long-term morbidity from brain injury are common. Early aggressive emergency care, efforts to reduce secondary brain injury and rapid transfer to a trauma center are essential to optimize neurologic outcome. This presentation discusses epidemiology, diagnosis, stabilization, priorities of ICU care and potential complications which can arise in the brain-injured patient. This discussion is pertinent to all physicians,...
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Andrew C. Bernard, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
University of Kentucky Medical...
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital pharmacy budgets. It has been recognized for several decades that up to 50% of antimicrobial use is inappropriate,...
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Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital pharmacy budgets. It has been recognized for several decades that up to 50% of antimicrobial use is inappropriate,...
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Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital pharmacy budgets. It has been recognized for several decades that up to 50% of antimicrobial use is inappropriate,...
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