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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Foot Wounds

Vascular Physician

· On physical exam, findings that would indicate PAD include wounds located on the tips of the toes or foot, wounds covered by black eschar or gangrenous changes, shiny atrophic skin, lack of pedal hair or weak or absent pedal pulses. · · Encourage smoking cessation and help provide smoking cessation resources.

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Submitting a 510(k)? Keep Hoarding Blank CDs

FDA Law Blog

An eCopy is an electronic copy of the 510(k) that is comprised of files created by the sponsor, with the exception of several FDA forms, and is submitted to the Agency by saving to a CD, DVD or flash drive and mailing or otherwise physically delivering the media to FDA.

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Remember that more deeply understanding your patients can provide meaning! In addition to the physical wrongs done to the victims, these acts function as community stressors that harm the mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing of so many others. Another more insidious form of racism is erasure. link] The Practice (2019).

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

We additionally firmly establish that the song How to Save a Life by the Fray was a product of the aughts (2005, to be exact), not the 90’s ): Enjoy! People saw that there were people who needed to have supportive care, didn’t need to have the level of nursing that was provided in nursing homes, and there was money to be made.

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A podcast episode about laryngomalacia

PEMBlog

2005 Nov;128(5):3391-7. The physical exam of a Child with possible laryngeal malaysia focuses on the airway and breathing naturally. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Oct;147(4):619-26. Boogaard R, Huijsmans SH, Pijnenburg MW, Tiddens HA, de Jongste JC, Merkus PJ. Isaac A, Zhang H, Soon SR, Campbell S, El-Hakim H. 2016 Apr;83:78-83.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

GeriPal

I must admit, though, sometimes it just feels off… inauthentic, as if it’s not a genuine desire to improve our lives as health care providers, but rather a metric to check off or a desire to improve productivity and billing by making the plight of workers a little less miserable. That was like 2005. It’s just not.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Open since 2005 her community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal hospitals and clinics nationwide. It’s dangerous and unsustainable; emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially for the patients—and for us. I’m just actually providing really good primary health care.

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