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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Only about 25% of infected individuals will have this classic rash syndrome. This often requires hospitalization and transfusionin one series, 87% of children with transient aplastic crisis required packed red blood cell transfusions. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19? Lets talk about the joint symptoms.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

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While elevated blood pressure readings are critical data points, the presence of symptoms and signs of end-organ dysfunction are paramount in diagnosing a hypertensive emergency (Kamat 2024). Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers

Physician's Weekly

Kennedy comes to this memory cafe twice a month since being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in his late 50s. have been diagnosed with some form of dementia. The report found that the number of potential caregivers for an individual 80 or older will decrease significantly by 2050. It’s hospitality.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

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. Gaunt and feverish, he went to the hospital and learned he had AIDS. He has taken on the role of dad or uncle to many.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because weekend hospital staffers didn’t realize he was in shock. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals. What we’ve been doing isn’t working,” he said.