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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

After coming out of residency and taking care of lots of complicated older adults as of now, a brand new physician attending, I really needed that team to help me out. JAMA IM 2013, you had a paper that showed what, 300, $400. And the goal is to maybe just form a community of people so that we can learn from each other.

Hospital 101
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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

2013-0421 Tighe M, Afzal NA, Bevan A, et al. Red flags that you should always ask about include hematemesis, melana, dysphagia, and Unintentional weight loss, these all need further investigation for complications like esophagitis or another diagnosis such as EOE or peptic ulcer disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001889

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

Eric: I got a question because it was a ways back, but we did a podcast on keep your hands to yourself from a JAMA IMR article that showed that use of mechanical ventilation for nursing home residents with advanced dementia doubled between 2000 and 2013, that was a John Tino study. I think it’s really, really complicated.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

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Camargo, Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 56, Issue 12, 15 June 2013, Pages 1754–1762, [link] Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, et al. Bilateral red limbs?

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

It’s not only not doing something, people are like wearing them in different ways, and the cloth, all the leakage on the sides and same with surgical, but it actually can inhibit human communication. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients.