Demystifying Medicine
Course Materials for 2009
- January 13, 2009, "Bacterial sepsis: A new epidemic and an old receptor"
- Tara Palmore presentation
- Gilbert Ashwell presentation
- John Hanover presentation
- Readings:
- van 't Veer C. and van der Poll T. (2008) Keeping blood clots at bay in sepsis. Nature Medicine 14(6):606-608 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Grewal PK, Uchiyama S., Ditto D., Varki N., Le D.T., Nizet V. and Marth J.D. (2008) The Ashwell receptor mitigates the lethal coagulopathy of sepsis. Nature Medicine 14(6):648-655 (PDF, 580 KB)
- Angus, D.C., Linde-Zwirble, W.T., Lidicker, J. et al. Crit Care Med 2001; 29(7): 1303-10.
- Blanco, J., Muriel-Bombin, A., Sagredo, V. et al. Crit Care 2008; 12(16): R158 [Epub].
- Dombrovskiy, V.Y., Martin, A.A., Sunderram, J. Paz, H.L. Rapid increase in hospitalization and mortality rates for severe sepsis in the United States: a trend analysis from 1993 to 2003. Crit Care Med 2007; 35(5): 1244-50.
- Emonts, M., Hazelzet, J.A., de Groot, R., Hermans, P.W. Host genetic determinants of Neisseria meningitides infections. Lancet Infect Dis 2003; 3(9): 565-77.
- Hofhuis, J.G., Spronk, P.E., van Stel, H.F. et al. The impact of critical illness on perceived health-related quality of life during ICU treatment, hospital stay, and after hospital discharge: a long-term follow-up study. Chest 2008; 133(2): 377-85.
- Kumar, A., Roberts, D., Wood, K.E. et al. Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock. Crit Care Med 2006; 34(6): 1589-96.
- Natanson, C., Danner, R.l., Reilly, J.M. et al. Antibiotics verus cardiovascular support in a canine model of human septic shock. Am. J. Physiol 1990; 259(5 pt 2): H1440-7.
- Russell, J.A. Management of Sepsis. New Engl J Med 2006; 355(16): 1699-713.
- Schlievert, P.M. Nat Med 2000; 6(4): 378-9.
- Wenzel, R.P. Treating Sepsis. New Engl J Med 2002; 347(13): 966-7.
- Federal Holiday - Session to be Rescheduled: January 20, 2009, "Viral hepatitis: A global problem and the role of interferon"
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Hoofnagle presentation
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Zoon presentation
- January 27, 2009, "HIV: The epidemic persists globally and locally"
- Fauci presentation
- Masur presentation
- February 3, 2009, "Intestinal bacterial infections and the food chain"
- Savarino presentation
- Robbins presentation
- February 10, 2009, "Melanoma and the sun"
- Hornyak presentation
- Tucker presentation
- JYang presentation
- February 17, 2009, "Spinal cord injury and stem cells"
- McKay presentation
- Groah presentation
- February 24, 2009, "Diabetes, Type 2: The epidemic continues"
- Fradkin presentation
- Bonnycastle presentation
- March 3, 2009, "Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Number one killer and the Framingham experience"
- Levy presentation
- Cannon presentation
- Beisecker presentation
- March 10, 2009, "Fibrous dysplasia of bone and stem cells"
- Robey presentation
- Collins presentation
- March 17, 2009, "Blindness"
- Piatigorsky presentation
- Nussenblatt presentation
- March 24, 2009, "Hepatocellular cancer: A global epidemic"
- Thorgeirsson presentation
- Arias presentation
- March 31, 2009, "Fragile X: Most common inheritable retardation defect"
- Kaufman presentation
- Usdin presentation
- April 7, 2009, "Drug resistance and cancer"
- Gottesman presentation
- Bates presentation
- April 14, 2009, "Aging, progeria, and heart disease"
- Nabel presentation
- Mistelli presentation
- April 21, 2009, "Excema and the skin microbiome"
- Segre presentation
- Komarow presentation
- April 28, 2009, "Human papilloma virus and cancer: Prevention by vaccination"
- Gillison presentation
- Lowy presentation
- May 5, 2009, "Multiple myeloma: Diagnosis and treatment in the genomic era"
- Schechter presentation
- Staudt presentation
- May 12, 2009, "Finale: Career opportunities in biomedical science for PhDs"
This web page was last modified on January 13, 2009. For questions about the course, please contact ariasi@mail.nih.gov.