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The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update Podcast provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia - An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019 For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 200, Iss 7, pp e45–e67, Oct 1, 2019 Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Joshua P. Metlay, M.D.,  Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of  important IDSA guidelines.  This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 . For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital. Dr. Dennis L. Stevens,  Chief, Infectious Diseases Section,   VA Medical Center,  Boise, ID.  

Is the COVID-19 supplemental funding bill enough? Drs. Andrew Pavia of the University of Utah, Matthew Zahn of Orange County Healthcare Agency, & Dawd Siraj of the University of Wisconsin-Madison join us for this week's episode. Time stamps: 02:17 - Is the $7.8 billion supplemental funding bill enough? (Dr. Pavia) 03:57 - Can this funding be useful at other types of health care facilities, such as community hospitals or outpatient settings? 04:54 - Is this level of funding enough to respond to the epidemic? (Dr. Zahn) 09:26 - Preparedness needs in public health(Dr. Zahn) 11:13 - Assessment of the global response so far(Dr. Siraj) 13:53 - Is the funding enough at a global level? (Dr. Siraj)

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Asymptomatic Bacteiuria. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Lindsay Nicolle, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba and Consultant in Adult Infectious Diseases at the Health Sciences Centre and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College,Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health L. Clifford McDonald, MD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

We discuss how to keep those living with HIV safe amid the threats of COVID-19 with Dr. Jennifer Chang of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Dr. Rajesh Gandhi of Harvard University & Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio with the University of Washington. 

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the 2018 Update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Andrew T. Pavia, M.D. The George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor at the University of Utah, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

IDSA discusses the global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Anne Spaulding of Emory University, Dr. Mahmood Dalhat of the Nigerian Society of Infectious Diseases & Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos of the University of Jordan.

IDSA Board Members Dr. Angie Caliendo of Brown University and Dr. Kim Hanson of the University of Utah discuss the challenges surrounding COVID-19 testing and diagnostics, and how healthcare professionals are navigating them.

IDSA discusses the new IDSA Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 with guideline panelists, Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj with the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Rajesh Gandhi of Massachusetts General Hospital.

Oncologists Gary Lyman, MD, MPH of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center & Karen Winkfield of Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, & infectious disease physician Michael Boeckh, MD of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center share how to keep cancer patients safe amid the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017;64(2):e1-e33. Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSAguidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA and SHEA Guideline onImplementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by theInfectious Diseases Society of America and the Society forHealthcare Epidemiology of America.For details of the guidelines presented, please goto www.idsociety.org .Presented by:Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family andCommunity Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, AssociateDirector, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington JeffersonHealth Tamar Barlam, M.D., Section of InfectiousDiseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston,MassachusettsSara Cosgrove, M.D., Division of InfectiousDiseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,Maryland

Drs. Angela Hewlett, Andre Kalil & Mark Rupp of the Nebraska Bio-Containment & Quarantine Units discuss how they've been evaluating some of the Americans quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults: 2015 .For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .Presented by:Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.Elie Berbari, M.D., Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017. Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Andi L. Shane, M.D,, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Larry Pickering, M.D. is Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is past senior advisor to the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the CDC and past Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). He is editor of five editions the AAP Red Book; co-editor of the four editions of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Guest moderator Dr. Neil Skolnik discusses IDSA’s new Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Health Care Personnel Caring for Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19 with guideline panelist Dr. John Lynch, FIDSA. 

We discuss the need for specialized housing for frontline medical professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Preeti Malani of the University of Michigan, Dr. Josh Barocas with Boston Medical Center and IDSA Board member Dr. John Lynch of The University of Washington.

IDSA speaks with Dr. Mark Dougherty and ICU Nurse Leader Donita Cantrell of Baptist Health Lexington, Dr. Javeed Siddiqui of TeleMed2U & Dr. Ricardo Franco of the University of Alabama on PPE shortage, how it’s affecting medical professionals & the innovative ideas they have to deal with it.

    The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Managment of Chronic Pain in Patients Infected with HIV. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017. Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health R. Douglas Bruce, M.D., Chief of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut