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Is the Medical area in charge of these patient with several diseases, thus avoiding either a higher number of visits to other specialists. Acts coordinating medical care avoiding overmedication of prescription of drugs not appropriate for any of the other conditions.

Is also the Specialist in diagnosis: when a person has a symptom and no one know what´s the reason, there is the Internist.

One of my jokes is that an Internist is the Pediatrist of the adult
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  1. Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia.
    Healthcare-associated Pneumonia in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2005)
    Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia. (2005). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 171(4), 388-416. Retrieved from…
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  2. Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
    Leonard A Mermel, Michael Allon, Emilio Bouza, Donald E Craven, Patricia Flynn, Naomi P O'Grady, et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2009)
    These updated guidelines replace the previous management guidelines published in 2001. The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients who either have these infections or may be at risk for them.
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  3. The Ne w E n g l a nd Jo ur n a l o f Me d ic i ne EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
    Henry Ford, Health Systems, Case Western Re in English Journal (2001)
    BACKGROUND: Goal-directed therapy has been used for severe sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit. This approach involves adjustments of cardiac preload, afterload, and contractility to balance oxygen delivery with oxygen demand. The…
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  5. Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart Association: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Co
    Walter Wilson, Kathryn A Taubert, Michael Gewitz, Peter B Lockhart, Larry M Baddour, Matthew Levison, et al. in Circulation (2007)
    BACKGROUND: The purpose of this statement is to update the recommendations by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the prevention of infective endocarditis that were last published in 1997. METHODS AND RESULTS: A writing group was appointed by…
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  6. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008
    R Phillip Dellinger, Mitchell M Levy, Jean M Carlet, Julian Bion, Margaret M Parker, Roman Jaeschke, et al. in Intensive Care Medicine (2008)
    Objective: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management guidelines, Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, published in 2004. Design: Modified Delphi method with…
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  8. Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock
    E Rivers, B Nguyen, S Havstad, J Ressler, A Muzzin, B Knoblich, et al. in The New England Journal of Medicine (2001)
    BACKGROUND: Goal-directed therapy has been used for severe sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit. This approach involves adjustments of cardiac preload, afterload, and contractility to balance oxygen delivery with oxygen demand. The…
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  9. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children.
    Catherine Liu, Arnold Bayer, Sara E Cosgrove, Robert S Daum, Scott K Fridkin, Rachel J Gorwitz, et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2011)
    Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The guidelines are intended for use by…
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  10. 2002 guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer.
    Walter T Hughes, Donald Armstrong, Gerald P Bodey, Eric J Bow, Arthur E Brown, Thierry Calandra, et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2002)
    Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from the immune-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing β-islet cells in the pancreas. The genetic and environmental mechanisms promoting the development of this disease remain poorly understood. We have explored…
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  11. Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young
    Larry M Baddour, Walter R Wilson, Arnold S Bayer, Vance G Fowler, Ann F Bolger, Matthew E Levison, et al. in Circulation (2005)
    BACKGROUND: Despite advances in medical, surgical, and critical care interventions, infective endocarditis remains a disease that is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The continuing evolution of antimicrobial resistance among…
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  13. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Infectious Diseases Society of America.
    Peter G Pappas, Carol A Kauffman, David Andes, Daniel K Benjamin, Thierry F Calandra, John E Edwards, et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2002)
    Guidelines for the management of patients with invasive candidiasis and mucosal candidiasis were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace the previous guidelines published in the 15…
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  14. Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock.
    R Phillip Dellinger, Jean M Carlet, Henry Masur, Herwig Gerlach, Thierry Calandra, Jonathan Cohen, et al. in Intensive Care Medicine (2004)
    OBJECTIVE: To develop management guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock that would be of practical use for the bedside clinician, under the auspices of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, an international effort to increase awareness and improve…
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  16. Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients: a consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society Of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.
    Jennifer H Martin, Ross Norris, Michael Barras, Jason Roberts, Ray Morris, Matthew Doogue, in American journal of healthsystem pharmacy AJHP official journal of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists (2010)
    The Review is a welcome and up-to-date consensus statement on the use of vancomycin. Although many of the points are pertinent to Australasian practice, the clinical context may be subtly different such that different recommendations apply here. It…
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  17. Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
    L A Mermel, B M Farr, R J Sherertz, I I Raad, N O'Grady, J S Harris, in American journal of kidney diseases the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation (2001)
    These guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American College of Critical Care Medicine (for the Society of Critical Care Medicine), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America contain recommendations for…
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  19. The management of encephalitis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
    Allan R Tunkel, Carol A Glaser, Karen C Bloch, James J Sejvar, Christina M Marra, Karen L Roos, et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2008)
    Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with encephalitis were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients with…
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  20. Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the society for healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the infectious diseases society of America (IDSA).
    Erik R Dubberke, Anne M Butler, Deborah S Yokoe, Jeanmarie Mayer, Bala Hota, Julie E Mangino, et al. in Infection control and hospital epidemiology the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
    OBJECTIVE: To compare incidence of hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) measured by the use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) discharge diagnosis codes with rates measured…
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