Dr Robert Centor's guest appearances

Dr Robert Centor

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Peter Attia

Kevin Bacon

Robert Centor MD

Stacy Lindau MD

Helena Pasieka MD

Nina Mingioni MD

Joel Topf

Denitza Blagev MD

Elisabeth Poorman

Paul Sax

Katherine Sherif

Scott Weingart

Stefan Kertesz

Karen DeSalvo

James Furgerson MD

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Conquer community acquired pneumonia and avoid misdiagnosis with tips from Dr. Robert Centor, Professor Emeritus University of Alabama and newly appointed Chair of Medicine at Kashlak Memorial Hospital. We discuss diagnosis, misdiagnosis, procalcitonin, steroids for severe pneumonia, pneumonia severity index versus CURB-65, and how to determine antibiotic choice and duration. Special thanks to Correspondents Neela Bhajandas (cohost), Justin Berk and Bryan Brown who all contributed several articles, resources, and questions to prep for this show. Cover image by Dr Kate Grant paintscientific.com. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on  iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps  00:00 Intro 02:38 Brief bio for Dr Centor 04:22 Picks of the week with Dr Centor 11:27 Clinical case of suspected pneumonia 12:30 Brief history of community acquired pneumonia 14:40 Misdiagnosis rates are high 16:18 Defining diagnostic criteria for pneumonia 18:50 Chest x rays and pneumonia 22:18 Illness scripts teaching about pneumonia 23:41 Ubiquitous misunderstanding of pneumonia definition 25:26 History and physical exam tips from Dr Centor 27:19 Further testing for pneumonia, PSI, CURB-65 32:50 Procalcitonin discussed 38:10 Antibiotic choice discussed with Dr Bhajandas 41:15 Safety considerations for various antibiotics 43:38 Use of high dose amoxicillin 44:45 Dr Centor’s antibiotic preferences, and some thoughts on blood and sputum cultures 46:55 Dangers of fluoroquinolones 48:25 Antibiotic duration 51:40 HCAP is no longer a thing and how to assess risk for drug resistant organisms 55:42 Corticosteroids for pneumoni

Conquer community acquired pneumonia and avoid misdiagnosis with tips from Dr. Robert Centor, Professor Emeritus University of Alabama and newly appointed Chair of Medicine at Kashlak Memorial Hospital. We discuss diagnosis, misdiagnosis, procalcitonin, steroids for severe pneumonia, pneumonia severity index versus CURB-65, and how to determine antibiotic choice and duration. Special thanks to Correspondents Neela Bhajandas (cohost), Justin Berk and Bryan Brown who all contributed several articles, resources, and questions to prep for this show. Cover image by Dr Kate Grant <a href="http://www.paintscientific.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paintscientific.com</a>. Full show notes available at <a href="http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast</a> <a href="http://eepurl.com/cAE9LP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join</a> our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/curbsiders-internal-medicine/id1198732014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes</a>, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at <a href="mailto:thecurbsiders@gmail.com">thecurbsiders@gmail.com</a>. Time Stamps <ul> <li>00:00 Intro</li> <li>02:38 Brief bio for Dr Centor</li> <li>04:22 Picks of the week with Dr Centor</li> <li>11:27 Clinical case of suspected pneumonia</li> <li>12:30 Brief history of community acquired pneumonia</li> <li>14:40 Misdiagnosis rates are high</li> <li>16:18 Defining diagnostic criteria for pneumonia</li> <li>18:50 Chest x rays and pneumonia</li> <li>22:18 Illness scripts teaching about pneumonia</li> <li>23:41 Ubiquitous misunderstanding of pneumonia definition</li> <li>25:26 History and physical exam tips from Dr Centor</li> <li>27:19 Further testing for pneumonia, PSI, CURB-65</li> <li>32:50 Procalcitonin discussed</li> <li>38:10 Antibiotic choice discussed with Dr Bhajandas</li> <li>41:15 Safety considerations for various antibiotics</li> <li>43:38 Use of high dose amoxicillin</li> <li>44:45 Dr Centor’s antibiotic preferences, and some thoughts on blood and sputum cultures</li> <li>46:55 Dangers of fluoroquinolones</li> <li>48:25 Antibiotic duration</li> <li>51:40 HCAP is no longer a thing and how to assess risk for drug resistant organisms</li> <li>55:42 Corticosteroids for pneumoni</li></ul>

#76: Pneumonia Pearls with Dr Robert Centor