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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

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This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Government. McEnany, Olutosin Ojugbele, Julie R. Pediatrics March 2023; 151 (3): e2022057383.

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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. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes. Government. Chun TH, Sargent J, Hodas GR.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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We talk with Susan about how far the field has come, from early days when the attending physician would decide which patients were DNR and place a black “no code” dot in the chart. – Serious Illness Conversation Guide podcast. I was a medical and psychiatric resident between 1977 and 1982. AlexSmithMD . Transcript.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

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Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. Government. Emerg Med Clin North Am.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

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I tell this story because these issues don’t typically register as more than a nuisance for clinicians, who frequently don’t understand why their older patient with osteoporosis is not taking a bisphosphonate. But our patients are walking with their feet, and adherence to bisphosphonates for osteoporosis is poor and decreases with time.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia. Summary Transcript Summary. She falls and breaks her hip.