Doug Brunk is a San Diego-based award-winning reporter who began covering health care in 1991. Before joining the company, he wrote for the health sciences division of Columbia University and was an associate editor at Contemporary Long Term Care magazine when it won a Jesse H. Neal Award. His work has been syndicated by the Los Angeles Times and he is the author of two books related to the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program. Doug has a master’s degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Follow him on Twitter @dougbrunk.
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Simple Protocol Helped Improve Surgical ICU Handwashing Compliance
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: After adding a question about handwashing compliance to the daily ICU checklist, handwashing compliance increased from 69% to 89%,...
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Individualized Enoxaparin Dosing for Burn Patients Warranted
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: In patients with acute burn injury, dosing of enoxaparin at a dosage of less than 30 mg every 12 hours often leads to...
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Dose Adjustment of Enoxaparin in Burn Patients Studied
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: In patients with acute burn injury, dosing of enoxaparin at a dosage of less than 30 mg every 12 hours often leads to...
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Dose Adjustment of Enoxaparin in Burn Patients Studied
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: In patients with acute burn injury, dosing of enoxaparin at a dosage of less than 30 mg every 12 hours often leads to...
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Study Challenges Notion of Pressure Ulcers as a 'Never Event'
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: On logistic regression analysis, only use of mechanical ventilation and vasopressors were significantly associated with the...
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Study Challenges Notion of Pressure Ulcers as a 'Never Event'
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: On logistic regression analysis, only use of mechanical ventilation and vasopressors were significantly associated with the...
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Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Recruiting New Agents
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- Doug Brunk
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Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Recruiting New Agents
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- Doug Brunk
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Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Recruiting New Agents
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- Doug Brunk
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Local Corticosteroids Slowed RA Hand Bone Loss
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- Doug Brunk
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Intra-Articular Steroids Slowed RA Bone Loss
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- Doug Brunk
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Social Media Confuses, Concerns Parents
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- Doug Brunk
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Trials Give Nod to Antibiotics for Certain AOM
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- Doug Brunk
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CDC Updates Guidelines on STD Treatment
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- Doug Brunk
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Intra-Articular Steroids Slowed Bone Loss in RA
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- Doug Brunk