Emergency Medicine News - Current Procalcitonin Utilization and Publications

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

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:32:39 GMT-06:00

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.

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Episode 6: New Risk Model in the ED

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:49:52 GMT-05:00

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.

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

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 22:06:19 GMT-05:00

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.

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

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:07:31 GMT-05:00

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

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:17:01 GMT-05:00

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.

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

Fri, 22 May 2020 18:02:58 GMT-05:00

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.

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

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:05:28 GMT-05:00

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.

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