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

PEMBlog

Youll also learn how to manage exposures in the emergency department, especially when the child has a pregnant caregiver, and why isolation isnt always necessary once the rash shows up. Parvovirus B19 is not routinely screened for in pregnancy, but vertical transmission can cause hydrops fetalis, stillbirth, and severe fetal anemia.

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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

A new Kaiser Permanente study showed how an integrated colorectal cancer screening program cut cancer deaths in half, reduced incidence by nearly a third, and erased racial health disparities in screenings, incidence, and death rates. underscoring the need to raise awareness, screen proactively, and improve treatment.

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The impact of gun violence and practical tips on firearm safety: A podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423. 2012-2481 Haasz, M., Today, we are going to discuss firearm safety and ways to screen for it in both the ED and clinic settings. Healthcare providers need to be aware of and manage their biases concerning this topic, and that starts by ensuring that we ask all families about it.

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

GeriPal

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. Did they screen charts? Eric: And this was done pre-COVID, right? Scott: This was, yes. Eric: Yeah.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

But at any age, like, as Emily said, it is so important to pay attention to nutrition and healthy eating because it’s not just about, oh, chronic disease prevention or even treatment and management. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. Anna 32:07 Yeah.

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