Podcast 68: Change your approach to pharyngitis in adolescents and young adults.

Dr. Robert Centor of the University of Alabama at Birmingham believes that the paradigm for treating pharyngitis in adolescents and young adults must change. Listen to our conversation and hear why.

Here are this week’s links:

Interview:

• Commentary Urges ‘Expanding the Diagnostic Paradigm of Pharyngitis’ in Young People
• Robert Centor’s blog — “Medrants”

News stories:

• Chronic Pain Linked to Greater Risk for Falls in the Elderly

• Even Very Low Levels of Cardiac Troponin T Linked to Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Death

• Length of ICU Stay Closely Linked to Infection Rate, International Survey Shows

• Norpramin Label Updated to Warn of Use in Patients with Family Histories of Sudden Death, Cardiac Dysrhythmias

• Postoperative VTE Risk in Women Remains Substantially Elevated for 12 Weeks

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