February News Round Up

AFib patients get new guidelines with important change

MUSC Catalyst News
“This change in the recommendation supports what we continue to see in practice. There has been a large shift toward preferential use of the newer anticoagulant medications instead of warfarin,” said Michael Field, M.D.

 

Immunizations for Older Adults

South Carolina Public Radio
Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elisha Brownfield about specific vaccinations that are recommended to prevent infectious disease and complications in older adults.

 

Identifying Patients at Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

South Carolina Public Radio
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Gregory Cote about identifying patients at increased risk of pancreatic cancer due to certain genetic syndromes.

 

PERT Program Tackles a Silent Killer

MUSC Health News
Pulmonary embolism (PE) has been called a 'silent killer' because it is so difficult to diagnose and treat. The MUSC PERT program provides a one-stop, multidisciplinary team of experts who can respond with the full spectrum of therapeutic options for patients with acute PE – no matter what hospital service is caring for them. Luca Paoletti, M.D., associate professor of medicine and medical director of the Adult Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program at MUSC explained, "PE can present very suddenly and very differently. Some patients have shortness of breath, while others have chest pain or syncope. If there's nothing to make you suspect that a patient might have a PE, the diagnosis can get missed."

 

Two MUSC Rheumatologists Receive Prestigious Awards from American College of Rheumatology

Phys.Org News
Gary S. Gilkeson, M.D., was awarded the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) Master's Designation, its highest honor. Deanna Baker Frost, M.D., Ph.D., received the ACR's Distinguished Fellows Award. With this award, the ACR recognizes up to ten fellows for clinical or research excellence.