PEMBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

She was diagnosed with constipation. The family declined an enema in the ED, and she was discharged home on a miralax cleanout to follow up with her PCP. The patient was diagnosed with OHVIRA syndrome: O bstructed H emi v agina with I psilateral R enal A nomaly (aka Heryln-Wener-Wunderlch syndrome). 2012 Jan;5(1):67-70.

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PCP PCP Diagnose Diagnosis 69

PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family. Sometimes I share it with patients and families. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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Complication Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 86

PEMBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

2012 Oct;147(4):619-26. But it might underestimate it because lots of mild cases don’t actually present clinically, and they’re not diagnosed endoscopically. The best way to diagnose this is through imaging like CT scans. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

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Diagnosis IT Diagnose Patients 52

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 119

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And, of course, this is what families of patients undergoing palliative care go through. Going back to when I was shopping this idea around the health systems in 2012, we landed on the stepped-wedge design because no one was… I said before you couldn’t randomize people to get palliative care or not, specifically.

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Consulting Hospital Patient-Centered IT 122

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Kennedy comes to this memory cafe twice a month since being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in his late 50s. He recommends memory cafes to other people with dementia and their families. “I come in now and it’s like, it’s family, it’s a big, extended family. I get to meet them.

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Patients Families Family Diagnosis 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Testing and outreach for HIV faltered in the South , a region that accounts for more than half of all HIV diagnoses. Half of new diagnoses today are in the South and a third are among people with low incomes. He kept his diagnosis hidden from friends and family because he knew how people talked about HIV.

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