Emergency Medicine News - Current Procalcitonin Utilization and Publications

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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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