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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. That includes many medical specialists, surgical specialists, many specialists and many other disciplines who are on our older adults team. Rasheeda, welcome to GeriPal.

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Is Rural Residence a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth in Iowa? [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. We excluded deliveries complicated by known RFs for PTB (n=12,646). We excluded deliveries complicated by known RFs for PTB (n=12,646). Setting: IHC, Iowa City, IA. Results: Maternal race: 71.8% Asian, and 12.5% Hispanic: 8.6%.

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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

GeriPal

And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management. Susan 01:36 To reflect continuing medical management versus starting dialysis, which is what Maria’s wonderful paper goes through.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. That includes many medical specialists, surgical specialists, many specialists and many other disciplines who are on our older adults team. Rasheeda, welcome to GeriPal.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. That’s probably too medical. I’m using my medical brain. Jane: Right.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. This is what gets to be complicated for standardization. So we know these patients are really, really sick. And it was like 29eds.