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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. 2009 May;139(1):47-57. We might group people across socio-demographic categories (ex. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13378

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

PEMBlog

Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease The patient was diagnosed with Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease (NTED). This patient was hospitalized for 4 days where he remained well-appearing. Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease E. Lancet (London, England), 351(9116), 1614–1619.

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

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level.

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

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level.

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

GeriPal

We don’t want people dying in the hospital if their goal is to be at home. Either they go down continuous home care or somebody comes to the home, or they go into GIP, or they are a live discharge and get admitted to the acute care hospital. ‘Cause we don’t want people dying in the ICU. Most of the time it works out.

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