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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

When a critical illness or injury occurs, then, we should all be thankful that we live within a society where emergent, life-saving medical care is available. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. The list goes on and on and on.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? It is also episode 1 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

In fact, stakeholders have repeatedly challenged FDA’s assertions of authority in Citizen Petitions, public comments, and other forums. Premarket Approval or De Novo pathways). In support for this position, FDA states that hospitals that reprocess single-use devices have been viewed as manufacturers and points to its own webpage for support.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. We also talk about the eligibility for the unit, what makes it run including the interdisciplinary team and the inmate peer workers, and the topic of compassionate release.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

Meredith wore a shirt that said Silence=death. Eric gave me the hook during my live cover of One, by U2, a song released in 1992 whose proceeds went entirely to AIDS research. I couldnt help it, forgive me dear listeners, I had to do a longer than usual cut at the start! But this song was actually a fundraiser for AIDS when it was released.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Despite this deliberately circumscribed mandate (I lost count of the number of times during my tenure as an AHRQ medical officer from 2006-2010 that I was told, "We don't make guidelines. Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency.