#59 Flu Diagnosis and Treatment: Mind the Gap Series

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

Core IM Team

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What are the new guidelines for influenza treatment? What are the diagnostic ratios of flu symptoms and tests? Time Stamps * 03:10 The art of diagnosing the flu * 05:17 Bayesian statistics and the diagnostic odds ratio * 07:09 The ins and outs of diagnostic testing for the flu * 08:44 Changes in influenza guidelines - testing and treatment * 11:17 The not-so-rosy origin story of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) * 13:47 Neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), mortality benefit and limitations of studies * 15:49Take aways Find the best disability insurance for you: https://www.patternlife.com/disability-insurance?campid=497840 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Today we're going to tell you a dark and scary story. It may be just after the holidays, but we're going to take you back to Halloween.
0:14.4	Spooky. It's a frightening tall tale where misinformation is rife and the truth is as
0:19.8	terrifying as an episode of Are you Afraid of the Dark?
0:22.4	With as many plot twists as an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
0:22.5	With as many plot twists as an episode of Goosebumps.
0:25.7	Today we're going to take a deep dive into the white-hot viral
0:29.6	upper respiratory infection of the season.
0:31.6	Influenza?
0:33.0	What do you think we were going to say, coronavirus?
0:35.0	Get out of here.
0:36.0	After all, we did promise to have a follow-up from our last flu episode.
0:40.0	In-flu season is in full swing.
0:42.0	And this one is turning into a bit of a doozy.
0:44.0	Unlike previous years, flu B is as common as flu A this year,
0:48.0	making up the majority of cases so far.
0:50.0	And CDC data suggests that there was an earlier start to this year's flu season than previously.
0:55.0	So hopefully you got your flu vaccine since listening to our last episode.
0:59.0	But now it's time to get into what do you do once your patient gets the flu?
1:02.8	The recommendations are new.
1:04.2	They were released in 2018, so basically,
1:07.6	hot off the press.
1:09.1	Thank you.
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