Dr. David Carey Classen M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
561 Northmont Way Salt Lake City UT, 84103About
Dr. David Classen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Classen specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1982
University of Virginia / Main Campus 1982
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Description of a computerized adverse drug event monitor using a hospital
- Treatment of infected left ventricular assist device using antibiotic-impregnated beads.
- Clinical and financial impact of intravenous erythromycin therapy in hospitalized patients.
- Vertically transmitted enteroviruses and the benefits of neonatal immunization.
- Association between type 1 diabetes and hib vaccine. Causal relation is likely.
- Evaluation of a computer-assisted antibiotic-dose monitor.
- Immunisation and type 1 diabetes mellitus: is there a link?
- Immunization in the first month of life may explain decline in incidence of IDDM in The Netherlands.
- Hemophilus vaccine associated with increased risk of diabetes: causality likely.
- Vaccines and the risk of insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM): potential mechanism of action.
- Clustering of cases of insulin dependent diabetes (IDDM) occurring three years after hemophilus influenza B (HiB) immunization support causal relationship between immunization and IDDM.
- Clustering of cases of type 1 diabetes mellitus occurring 2-4 years after
- Understanding hospital readiness for computerized physician order entry.
- Improving medication safety: the measurement conundrum and where to start.
- Leading patient safety expert speaks on CPOE implementation strategy and success factors. Interview by Richard D. Lang.
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