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

Physician's Weekly

High blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio values in patients with CKD are linked to greater mortality, indicating its potential value as a prognostic indicator. Adjusted Cox regression analysis confirmed the increased 28-day mortality risk in patients with a higher BAR. Compared with tertile 1, tertile 2 had a 1.49

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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

Recent research showed that ICU statin therapy was associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis. Statin use is associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis, according to a study published online in Frontiers in Immunology.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million members.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. What are the benefits of an ACE unit? If ACE units are so great, why are they not so common? .

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. It’s there.

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

GeriPal

Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. Just look at this year’s AAHPM meeting, where it felt like every other session was talking about how hot buprenorphine is right now. So here we go.

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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.

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