© Cristian Baicus 2012 Réalisé avec Xara   Curriculum vitae Positions: Specialist in Internal Medicine - Colentina University Hospital, Chief of the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania; Associate Professor - University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila Bucharest; Director of the Bucharest Clinical Epidemiology Unit, member of RECIF (Reseau d`Epidemiologie Clinique International Francophone) and INCLEN (International Clinical Epidemiology Network).     Interests: Internal medicine; Clinical epidemiology; Evidence-based Medicine; Shared decision making. Details: Author of the first multicentric study in Romania/ first prospective study on Fever of Unknown Origin in Central and Eastern Europe -between years 1996-2000 [Baicus C, Bolosiu HD, Tanasescu C, Baicus A. Fever of unknown origin-predictors of outcome. A prospective multicenter study on 164 patients. Eur J Intern Med. 2003 Jul;14(4):249-254]. First randomized clinical trial in România [Baicus C, Tanasescu C. In chronic viral hepatitis, the treatment with spiruline for one month has no effect on the aminotransferases. Rom J Intern Med. 2002;40(1-4):89- 94.] First N-of-1 RCT in România [Baicus C, Baicus A. Spirulina did not ameliorate idiopathic chronic fatigue in four N-of-1 randomized controlled trials. Phytother Res. 2007;21(6):570-3.]     Books: C. Băicuş - "Dictionary of clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine". Editura Medicală 2002, Bucharest.                    - full text    C. Băicuş - "Evidence-based Medicine. How do we understand clinical studies?". Editura Medicală 2007, Bucharest.                         Relevant publications: C Baicus, S Caraiola, M Rimbas, R Patrascu, A Baicus for Grupul de Studiu al Scaderii Ponderale Involuntare. Utility of Routine Hematological and Inflammation Parameters for the Diagnosis of Cancer in Involuntary Weight Loss. J Investig Med 2011, 59(6):951-55. Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C, Andronescu D, Usvat R, Cretoiu D, Baicus C, Marinoschi G. Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2009;15:5525-5532.      -full text C.Baicus (commentator). General practitioners` advice to use topical rather than oral ibuprofen resulted in equivalent effects on chronic knee pain. Evid Base Med 2009; 14:12      -full text C.Baicus, S.Caraiola. Effect measure for quantitative endpoints: statistical versus clinical significance, or “how large the scale is”. Eur J Intern Med; 2009;20(5):e124-5.      - full text Paraschiv S., Otelea D., Baicus C., Tinischi M., Costache M., Neaga E. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance mutations in subtype F1 strains isolated from heavily treated adolescents in Romania. Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Jan; 13(1):81-9. C. Baicus, A. Baicus. Spirulina did not ameliorate idiopathic chronic fatigue in four N-of-1 randomized controlled trials. Phytother Res 2007; 21(6):570-3.          - full text C. Baicus, R. Ionescu, C. Tanasescu. Does this patient have cancer? The assessment of age, anemia, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in cancer as a cause of weight loss. A retrospective study based on a secondary care university hospital in Romania. Eur J Intern Med 2006;17 (1):28-31.      -full text C. Baicus, HD. Bolosiu, C. Tanasescu, A. Baicus. Fever of unknown origin-predictors of outcome. A prospective multicenter study on 164 patients. Eur J Intern Med 2003;14(4):249-254.                     -full text