Pneumococcal Vaccine in Older Adults
Just in time for flu vaccine season, ACIP rolls out new rules for use of pneumococcal vaccines in older adults. (Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast)
Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast - October 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
GAVI in Ghana
BMJ features editor Rebecca Coombes finds out more about a new pneumococcal vaccine being rolled out in Ghana. And David Payne meets Kenneth Kizer, the US doctor who transformed the failing Veteran ’s Health Administration and took on the tobacco industry in California. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
GAVI in Ghana
BMJ features editor Rebecca Coombes finds out more about a new pneumococcal vaccine being rolled out in Ghana. And David Payne meets Kenneth Kizer, the US doctor who transformed the failing Veteran’s Health Administration and took on the tobacco industry in California. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2013-01-16, Vol. 309, No. 3, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Daniel S. Chertow, MD, MPH, author of Bacterial Coinfection in Influenza: A Grand Rounds Review. Summary Points:
Influenza vaccine remains the best available tool for prevention of severe influenza illness commonly associated with bacterial coinfection.
Early empirical antiviral and antibiotic therapy should be administered to all individuals with suspected coinfection.
Vancomycin or linezolid should be administered in addition to standard therapy for community-acquired pneumonia to patients with severe or necrotizing pneumonia and/or evidence of sepsis. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - February 23, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2013-01-16, Vol. 309, No. 3, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Daniel S. Chertow, MD, MPH, author of Bacterial Coinfection in Influenza: A Grand Rounds Review. Summary Points:
Influenza vaccine remains the best available tool for prevention of severe influenza illness commonly associated with bacterial coinfection.
Early empirical antiviral and antibiotic therapy should be administered to all individuals with suspected coinfection.
Vancomycin or linezolid should be administered in addition to standard therapy for community-acquired pneumonia to patients with severe or necrotizing pneumonia and/or evidence of sepsis. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - February 23, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: November 16, 2012
A Finnish randomized trial assessing the efficacy of a 10-serotype pneumococcal vaccine. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - November 16, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
