former president clinton has had former issues with quadruple bypass surgery and two accidents inserted to open an artery. that was in 2010. we understand it s not related to this current situation but just how serious is this? any time an older male has a urinary tract infection i m very quick as a doctor to figure out the source. you see, it s more common for women to have two or three infections during the year, but when a male comes in with a bladder infection, i want to find the source. is it coming from the prostate? is it coming from the kidney? you want to act immediately because these patients can go into sepsis which is if you will bacteria that goes through the bloodstream that can infect the kidneys. it can also infect other organs and people can die, and always
something else that we re taught in medical school, ana, is older men don t present like younger people so if they have a bladder infection, they may be fatigued. i ve got patient s kids that will call me and say, doctor, dad has been delirious, altered mental status so you want to have a high suspicion. act quickly, do blood cultures and order antibiotics and follow the patient regularly. okay. so that let s put that story to bed for a moment because i want to ask you about the pandemic as well. new cdc data shows that unvaccinated adults face an 11 times higher risk of dying from covid than fully vaccinated adults. 11 times, doctor. there are still 66 million americans who are unvaccinate who had are eligible to get the vaccine. if this doesn t convince them to get a shot, what will? yeah, ana, you and i have spoken so many times about different stories that we can share. i just saw a 41-year-old male in
Fear of antibiotic overuse and frustration with practitioners who prescribe them too freely are key sentiments from women with recurrent urinary tract infections.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released guidelines for the treatment of well-appearing febrile infants. Key points include updated guidance for cerebrospinal fluid testing and urine cultures.
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