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Antibiotic use for respiratory infections could be reduced by 40% by procalcitonin (PCT) test
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which is involved with calcium homeostasis, and is produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland.
In healthy people, procalcitonin (PCT) concentrations are low, but in those with bacterial infection it occurs at high concentrations in the blood as early as 3 hours after infection. In people with viral infections, procalcitonin (PCT) levels rise only marginally, if at all.
A PCT-guided strategy applied in primary care in unselected patients presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory infection reduces antibiotic use by 41.6 percent without compromising patient outcome.
The FDA Approved an Automated Procalcitonin (PCT) Test in 2008.
References:
Simple test could cut excessive antibiotic use. Reuters, 2010.
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Sign of the times
One more sign of the increasing geriatric population - in 2009 the adult size diapers outnumbered the baby diapers at the U.S. waste sites for the first time.
From Twitter:
@drwalker_rph Who counted the diapers???
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Osteoporosis Drug Lasofoxifene May "Fight" Several Diseases But Increases Risk of Blood Clots
Lasofoxifene is a part of a class of drugs known as nonsteroidal selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs). It has already been shown to decrease the bone loss associated with osteoporosis, like other SERMs, including tamoxifen and raloxifene. But until now its effect on other health conditions commonly experienced by postmenopausal women was unknown.
The women who took lasofoxifene had an 81% lower risk of estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, a 32% lower risk of heart-related events like heart attack, and a 36% lower risk of stroke. "This is the first SERM that reduces the risk of all of these conditions at once."
However, not all the results were positive. As with other SERMs, women taking lasofoxifene had double to nearly three times the risk of experiencing a serious blot clot of the deep veins.
References:
Osteoporosis Drug May Fight Several Diseases. WebMD, 2010.
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7.2% Decrease in Work Hours of U.S. Physicians Between 1996 and 2008
After remaining stable through the early 1990s, mean hours worked per week decreased by 7.2% between 1996 and 2008 among all physicians (from 55 hours per week in 1996-1998 to 51 hours per week in 2006-2008.
Excluding resident physicians, whose hours decreased by 9.8% due to duty hour limits imposed in 2003, nonresident physician hours decreased by 5.7%.
Physician fees decreased nationwide by 25% between 1995 and 2006, coincident with the decrease in physician hours.
A steady decrease in hours worked per week during the last decade was observed for all physicians, which was temporally and geographically associated with lower physician fees.
References:
Trends in the Work Hours of Physicians in the United States, February 24, 2010, Staiger et al. JAMA 303 (8): 747.
Trends in the Work Hours of Physicians in the United States, February 24, 2010, Staiger et al. JAMA 303 (8): 747.
From Happy Hospitalist:
"That means your doctor earns 25% less today than they did just a decade ago. If you went to college and joined a company that said up front you would be paid 25% less in a decade than you were paid on the day you were hired, would you join them?
Why are physicians working fewer hours, a trend unique to doctors? The conclusion was reduced pay. Physicians just don't seem inclined to spend long hours in the office and hospitals to sacrifice their family life for the life of their patients when the the economic reward of doing so just isn't there.
I've talked with many subspecialists at Happy's hospital about the declining payment for their efforts. They all tell me exactly the same thing. They are going to work less and limit their hours as payment reductions come down the pipeline."
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What is the oldest medical blog?
Dr. Rob explains why he has been blogging for nearly 4 years http://goo.gl/seKp
Dr. Bates has been blogging for 3 years, leading to over 1,000 posts and many new friends http://goo.gl/eB1e
I have maintained medical blogs since 2004 but never thought about blog anniversaries - blogging seems such mundane task of daily life.
What is the "life expectancy" of a medical blog?
The studies are ongoing but the current record is around 8-9 years... http://goo.gl/5LRx
What is the oldest medical blog?
As pointed out in the comments, the "oldest" medical blog probably is Family Medicine Notes, followed by GruntDoc.
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Video: Cleveland Clinic Model of Medicine
ClevelandClinic — May 12, 2010 — "Innovation has made Cleveland Clinic a world leader in medicine, and is the only true long term solution to high quality affordable healthcare. The founders of Cleveland Clinic launched a revolutionary model of medicine, collaborative, patient centered, dedicated to innovation."
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