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UAB Hospital has been named Alabama’s top-ranked hospital on @Newsweek's World’s Best Hospitals 2026 list, ranking No. 59 nationally among more than 400 U.S. hospitals evaluated. 🎉 🔗 brnw.ch/21x1cRj

Ken Ferrell First PA in the World, Passes Away March 19, 2026 youtu.be/0LoBtLzfgy0?si… via @YouTube #physicianassistant #physicianassociate #PA #yourpacan

Vancomycin: The Iconic Antibiotic of Last Resort youtu.be/xlIWEsU6AA0?si… via @YouTube

¡Vanco de 10d está obsoleto! Los pacientes recibieron 14 días de vanco 125 mg por vía oral 4 veces al día, luego → reducción gradual (125 mg cada 12 horas × 7 días, luego 125 mg cada 24 horas × 7 días) frente a placebo para el tratamiento de CDI (primer episodio o recurrencia).

🔥Just published 🔥 TAPER-V RCT Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection In this randomized clinical trial of 256, a 4-week vancomycin pulse and taper regimen *had a probability of 74% to be superior to astandard 2-week pulse regimen in patients a first episode or first recurrence of CDI *All patients received 14d pulse of vanco (standardized at 125 mg orally 4 times a day at the time of recruitment) →taper (125 mg q12h ×7d,then 125mg q24h ×7d) vs placebo for management of CDI (first episode or recurrence). Vanco for 10d is obsolete! #IDXposts jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Great new prehospital case review substack. #ems #medicine #paramedic open.substack.com/pub/emsdrmike?…

Albumin (A) replacement therapy in septic shock In a multicenter RCT, 440 pts w septic shock were treated w A aiming to keep serum A >3.0 g/dL or w standard fluid therapy. 90-day mortality did not differ between the A group (43.3%) & controls (45.9%) jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Atta Texana hard at work. Texas leafcutters #ants

Great info at the ⁦@UT_TRC4⁩ Trauma and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative Symposium. Glad to have attended with some of the medics. What a treat to hear from some of the leading minds in trauma. #TRS26Impact

St Mark’s in La Grange, TX to re-open as Progressive Health. Hope it stays open and does well! fayettecountyrecord.com/news/new-la-gr… #hospital #ruralhealth

“Initiating treatment with an ARB was strongly associated with a higher rate of continuation of the original drug class compared to initiation of any of the other drug class choices” doximity.com/newsfeed/51f43… #ARB #hypertension #htn

At least $75 more expensive than tamiflu from what I’m seeing. #influenza #flu #xofluza doximity.com/newsfeed/ce16a…

Cold weather injuries and IV training for the medics! #army #medicine #68w

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Common Supplement Shows Concerning Link to Heart Failure : ScienceAlert #melatonin #heartfailure sciencealert.com/common-supplem…