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Elevated BAR Signals Poor Prognosis in Patients With CKD Admitted to ICU

Physician's Weekly

By combining levels of urea nitrogen and albumin, BAR provides a comprehensive reflection of renal function, protein metabolism, and chronic inflammatory status, potentially offering a more holistic risk assessment for ICU patients with CKD.” By tertile, mortality rates were 14.6% in Tertile 1 (BAR, ≤9.8 mg/g), 24.6% in Tertile 2 (BAR, 10.0-17.4

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. We’re going to be talking about new research in psilocybin in serious illness. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith. Thats a lot of S s.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness. Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . Katie, before we jump into the topic of buprenorphine in serious illness, what’s the song request?

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

For others, this piece, while painful to read, gave voice to what they have been feeling over the last decade – hospice has in some ways lost its way in a quest of promoting profit over care. If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. Is it you, Ira?

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

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. Lynn: Okay.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

Today we talk with experts Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and Julie Childers about opioid use disorder and serious illness. Eric 00:51 So we’re gonna be talking about caring for people with serious illness and substance abuse. Who has a song request for Alex before we talk about substance use disorder and serious illness?

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Before we go into this topic, who has a song request for Alex? It was Remember Me. Was that the title? Alex: I think it’s I Will Remember You. Joel: Yeah, right, I Will Remember You, right. Alex: … Sarah McLachlan.