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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? 13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Tirzepatide (15 mg) showed slightly more noticeable effects than Semaglutide (2.4

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

Pulmonology and surgery were consulted during his hospital stay, and he has since had a left lower lobectomy after healing from his pneumonia. Most patients are afebrile by the third day of treatment and clinically improved within two weeks. 2004 Nov;49(4):302-9. PMID: 442005; PMCID: PMC471015. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.013.

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Primary care follow-up after Emergency Department discharge for patients with chest pain in Ontario: a scoping review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

According to clinical guidelines, patients discharged with chest pain should follow-up with a medical doctor (MD) within 72 hours. 1.42), or hospital admission in the past year (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.22-1.32). Context: Chest pain is one of the most common Emergency Department (ED) complaints, with ~500,000 ED visits annually in Canada.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

So a couple weeks after it was published, I took a trip to a medical school in the western part of the country and I was visiting to think about their geriatrics research program, and they had a geriatrics evaluation clinic. And I met with the clinical pharmacist who worked in that clinic and she told me, “You know what?

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Drawing from her experience running a physician suicide helpline , she speaks candidly about the emotional toll of assembly-line medicine , the link between overwork and doctor suicide , and the revolutionary joy of reclaiming your career by launching your own ideal clinic. I was suicidal myself as a physician and I survived that in 2004.

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