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

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Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. After listening to this episode you will be able to: Describe the findings on history and physical examination that differentiate organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 4: You Can’t Get Fooled Again

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Physical exam Vital Signs: Temperature: 37.9 °C, He was ultimately admitted to the general pediatric service for further management. Management includes diets avoiding phenylalanine and tyrosine and the use of nitisinone, which works on the tyrosine metabolism pathway before toxic metabolites are formed. Rashad MM, Nassar C.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Now that we are in this position, when I think about data for pain management specifically, I feel like yes, there’s value to it. J Am Geriatr Soc. Annals of IM.

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

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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. And the dad just totally lost control, major anger management issues. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here. Michele: Yep.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. Some of these models I think include more medication management, some of them don’t.