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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics. How long ago?

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

So serious bacterial infection defined as any bacterial infection requiring medical intervention, but it may not invade sterile sites. And Van den Bruel in BMJ 2011 found procalcitonin to have better specificity than white blood cell count. Can they follow up with their primary care doctor or at your facility within 24 to 48 hours?