Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

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Preventive services: The good, the bad, and the unproven

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: July 1, 2009

Latest recommendations from the USPSTF reinforce some long-standing advisories and contradict others.

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CDC recommendations expand vaccine indications

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: March 1, 2009

Children ages 5-18 should get the flu vaccine. Asthma patients and smokers should get the pneumococcal vaccine.

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USPSTF scales back approach to lipid screening for women

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: November 1, 2008

The USPSTF recommendation for women diverges from those of the NIH and the American Heart Association

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CDC: Older kids should get annual flu vaccine, too

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: October 1, 2008

Routine vaccination should include 5- to 18-year-olds and start this year, if possible.

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Should you screen—or not? The latest recommendations

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: July 1, 2008

While USPSTF recommendations on hypertension and sickle cell disease have stayed the same, those for Chlamydia and carotid artery stenosis have ch...

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MEASLES HITS HOME: Sobering lessons from 2 travel-related outbreaks

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: April 1, 2008

Measles recently infected US residents not considered at risk, as well as the unvaccinated.

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Vaccine update: New CDC recommendations from 2007

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: March 1, 2008

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Varicella vaccination: 2 doses now the standard

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: January 1, 2008

The nation’s top vaccine panel now calls for 2 doses of the varicella vaccine in young children—not one. Doing so reduces the risk of breakthrough ...

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Flu vaccination rates: How can you do better?

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: October 1, 2007

Offer the vaccine to anyone who wants it, both before and during flu season, stresses the CDC.

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Personalized medicine: The promise, the reality

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: August 1, 2007

Genetic testing can tell us how a patient will metabolize warfarin, but no one can tell us how to adjust our dosing.

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Practice alert: CDC no longer recommends quinolones for treatment of gonorrhea

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: July 1, 2007

Ceftriaxone is now the recommended treatment.

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Screening: New guidance on what and what not to do

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: June 1, 2007

The entity with the most rigorous evidence-based approach is the US Preventive Services Task Force.

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Immunization update: Latest recommendations from the CDC

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: May 1, 2007

Provisional recommendations for the varicella zoster vaccine, plus pertussis, hepatitis B, HPV, and rotavirus

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Time to revise your HIV testing routine

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: April 1, 2007

The CDC now recommends more aggressive screening than does the USPSTF. So, what’s best for your practice?

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The preteen visit: An opportunity for prevention

Author:: Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Publish date: December 1, 2006

Updated vaccine guidelines for different age groups; USPSTF recommendations for other interventions.