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The Language Grouch Returns • February 21, 2025
If you’re an ID doctor, there’s a lot to be grouchy about these days. This. This. THIS! The list is long — and growing. Longtime readers with an interest in ID: I ask that you please contact your members of Congress to convey the harmful impacts of the workforce cuts at the CDC, NIH, VA, […]
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Madiha Khan, DO
Mikita Arora, MD
Khalid A. Shalaby, MBBCh
Brandon Temte, DO
Insights on Residency Training
Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine
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Developing Resident Educators • August 19, 2022 • Brandon Temte, DO
We currently find ourselves at the start of another academic year. By this time in August, many medical trainees are settling into new roles. Recently graduated medical students are getting used to hearing Dr. before their name. New senior residents who were interns a short time ago now find themselves leaders of their own teams. […]
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Podcast 298: COPD exacerbations — 7 days of antibiotics versus 2 • September 2, 2022
A VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK. In treating most exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the usual regimen consists of prednisone plus 5- to 7-days of antibiotics. But what if a shorter course of antibiotic therapy would do? That would be both convenient for patients and less likely to promote […]
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NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Infectious Diseases Articles- Observations from ID and Beyond: This Year Influenza Came Back to Remind Us It's Not Messing Around
- Is Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Best Avoided when Treating Patients with Hepatitis B After Liver Transplantation?
- Does Fluconazole Benefit Adults with Primary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis?
- Rifampin and Clindamycin Don't Play Well Together
- Are Antibiotics a Reasonable Alternative for Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children?
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent General Medicine Articles
- How Safe Is Metformin in Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease?
- Can ChatGPT Enhance Physicians' Decision Making?
- Patients Need Standardized Education for Accurate Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Association Between ME/CFS and Cardiovascular Disease
- Perioperative Care for Older Adults Who Are Undergoing Inpatient Surgery