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Emergency Medicine News - Current Procalcitonin Utilization and Publications

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Episodes

June 2024: AHA Updates on Adult ACLS and Pulmonary Embolism

May 31, 2024 15:57 - 1 hour - 72.3 KB

Dr. Mattu delves into the American Heart Association updates on adult ACLS with Mike Winters, MD, and Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD, and into pulmonary embolism with David Gatz, MD, only in this month’s EMedHome podcast.

Episode 7: The Power of PCR and PCT Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in the Emergency Department

November 19, 2021 01:32 - 27 minutes - 50.5 KB Video

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Daniel Feinstein, MD, FACP, ACRP-PI, Medical Director, Critical Care, Novant Health, about the outcomes and benefits associated with the use of syndromic PCR testing and procalcitonin in the emergency department for patients with suspected and confirmed respiratory infections such as community-acquired pneumonia and COVID-19. Opinions expressed in this podcast are not neces...

Episode 6: New Risk Model in the ED

September 09, 2021 16:49 - 32 minutes - 59.8 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Charles B. Cairns, MD, the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean of the College of Medicine, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, and Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Drexel University, about the new potential for care utilizing host response biomarkers, pathogen identification and surveillance as well as newly published research. Opinions expressed in t...

Episode 5: The Advantages of Using Procalcitonin and CLARION™ for Emergency Physicians

July 21, 2021 03:06 - 37 minutes - 69.5 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Michael R. Broyles, BSPharm, RPh, PD, PharmD, Director of Clinical Pharmacy and Laboratory Services, Five Rivers Medical Center, Arkansas, about the advantages of using procalcitonin and data analytics for emergency physicians. Opinions expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of bioMérieux, Inc.

Episode 4: Diagnostic and Management Challenges of Influenza During the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 31, 2020 17:07 - 29 minutes - 39.1 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Charles B. Cairns, MD, the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean of the College of Medicine, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, and Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Drexel University. Sponsored by bioMérieux, Inc.

Episode 3: Interpreting Procalcitonin (PCT) in the New CAP Guidelines

July 01, 2020 02:17 - 20 minutes - 38.1 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Daniel Feinstein, MD, Adult Intensivist and Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, University of North Carolina. He has extensive research in antibiotic administration and is a pioneer in antibiotic stewardship and sepsis care. Sponsored by bioMérieux, Inc.

Episode 2: PCT Guidance for COVID-19 Patients With Bacterial Co-Infections

May 22, 2020 23:02 - 21 minutes - 40 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Robert Balk, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care, and Director, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. Sponsored by bioMérieux, Inc.

Episode 1: Lessons learned from the ProACT, ProHOSP and ProREAL studies. The keys to making procalcitonin work in your antimicrobial stewardship program

March 27, 2020 16:05 - 15 minutes - 29 KB

David F. Gaieski, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, interviews Devendra N. Amin, MD, Medical Director of Critical Care Services, Medical/Surgical ICU and Neurocritical Care ICU at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, about the importance of PCT protocol adherence to optimize antimicrobial stewardship. Sponsored by bioMérieux, Inc.