© Cristian Baicus 2012
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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:
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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].
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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.]
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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.
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C. Băicuş - "Evidence-based Medicine. How do we understand clinical studies?". Editura
Medicală 2007, Bucharest.
Relevant publications:
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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