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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: Choosing Wisely- Infection Prevention
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Choosing Wisely- Infection Prevention. Source: http:/ www.choosingwisely.org/. Guideline Committee was approached by the The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Choosing Wisely. Choosing Wisely recommendations by our colleagues in the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Don't use antibiotics for the treatment of stasis dermatitis of the lower extremities. These are just a few examples. Claude Bernar...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: November 2014
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Sunday, November 23, 2014. Antimicrobial Scrubs- Still Looking for the Magic Bullet. A randomized trial to decrease bacterial contamination of scrubs in a hospital setting, caught my eye over the weekend. There was no difference in bacterial contamination between standard and study scrub. The science of antimicrobial scrubs is imperfect. We published a study. We are still searching for the infection prevention magic bullet. The genesis of...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: July 2014
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Thursday, July 31, 2014. The Fist Bump - A More Hygienic Salutation? The handshake is firmly rooted in Western culture as salutation. It is well known that many. Pathogens, particularly respiratory viruses, can be cross transmitted by contact. Could the fist bump be a more appropriate salutation as an infection prevention measure? Here is an intriguing read. On the fist bump recently published in the Journal of Hospital Infection. I have ...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: May 2015
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Diagnostic Errors Negatively Impact Antibiotic Use. It is well known that antibiotics are overused. Even when the diagnosis of an infectious disease is correct, the choice or combination of antibiotics is commonly inappropriate. Is an interesting article on how diagnostic errors can impact the misuse of anti-infectives. This is an important point: to impact inappropriate antibiotics use, without a systematic approa...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: June 2014
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Monday, June 30, 2014. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Prosthetic Joint infection- Less is More. I am back on the ID consult service today. This will certainly keep me busy and conflict with viewing the World Cup games. Here is an intriguing article. In Clinical Infectious Diseases. That caught my eye this weekend. A total of 2497 patients were enrolled. The prevalence of. Rate was significantly higher in the. Group than in the non-. With re...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: October 2014
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Monday, October 27, 2014. Visiting Professorship, Airport Screening for Ebola. Medical Library- University at Buffalo. I spent last week at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Visiting professor (Infectious Diseases). Given that UB Med is my medical. This was a huge honor for me. Butler Auditorium- University at Buffalo. Published in the British Medical Journal. Links to this post. Other recent media incl...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: Claude Bernard- The Unsung Hero of Medical Empiricism
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Claude Bernard- The Unsung Hero of Medical Empiricism. Louis Pasteur is well known in the history of medicine but what about his contemporary Claude Bernard? I read with great interest this article about physician and scientist Claude Bernard in. Full text article not available). A beautiful summary of his life can be found on this tribute and educational website. May 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM. May 30, 2015 at 5:50 AM.
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: Infectivity vs Infectiousness
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Source: The Guardian UK. Lately I have been fielding questions about the dangers of infectious diseases. I guess that this is not uncommon for an infectious diseases physician and an epidemiologist. A recent question was about infectivity vs. infectiousness, prompted by concerns about risk. Is the ability of a pathogen to establish infection. Infectiousness. However, the burden of disease must also be considered...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: January 2015
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Friday, January 30, 2015. Rethinking the Efforts of the Hospital Infection Prevention Program. Here is a recent message. From APIC that caught my eye. It is a call to action of sorts. As previously mentioned in a prior posting, accessible here. We need better methods for adequately calculating the staff and resource needs of a modern, hospital based infection prevention program. Links to this post. Monday, January 26, 2015. Although trans...
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vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman: February 2015
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Vox médica- dr. gonzalo bearman. Medicine, commentary, miscellany. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Can Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Result in Obesity? Can fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) result in obesity? Here is an intriguing report. Published in Scientific American. We know that FMT is very successful. For the management of recurrent C.difficile. In the meantime, for select patients, specifically, those with recurrent or persistent C.difficile. Links to this post. Sunday, February 22, 2015.
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