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

PEMBlog

Recognize key diagnostic features that help differentiate Parvovirus B19 from other viral exanthems and systemic illnesses. These are a group of viral rash-causing illnesses that were originally numbered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries based on their order of description. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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

GeriPal

He looked very ill. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. This is the non-medical part of someone being ill.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. So, Alex, imagine you’re a seriously-ill hospitalized patient and I’m your doctor, unluckily for you. Scott, welcome back to GeriPal. Scott: Pleasure to be here. And, of course, this is what families of patients undergoing palliative care go through.