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Episode 90: Clinical unknown with Rabih and Reza at MUSC – fever

The Clinical Problem Solvers

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago, and completed his combined internal medicine/pediatrics residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2014. Roughly 10-12% of cases may present without rash (i.e.,

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Problem Representation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

It allows clinicians to distill the case into its most relevant features, which facilitates efficient diagnostic schema and illness script selection. By extracting key case details and translating them into generalizable terms, you can more effectively link the case in front of you to your own bank of diagnostic schemas and illness scripts.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

However, this large study shows that probiotics do not significantly shorten illness duration, improve symptoms, or reduce the need for additional medical visits. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. Parents often use probiotics, like Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG , hoping to reduce the severity of their child’s gastroenteritis. N Engl J Med.

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Episode 155: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 5 – Racism, Power, and Policy: Building the Antiracist Health Systems of the Future

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Focus on the Community While the health sector is where illness and ailments are often treated, a person’s health largely manifests outside of the health sector and is impacted by their community and environment. Published June 10, 2014. References Mentioned 01:55 Jones, C. Accessed January 11, 2021. 03:55 Jones, C.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

In fact, stakeholders have repeatedly challenged FDA’s assertions of authority in Citizen Petitions, public comments, and other forums. Premarket Approval or De Novo pathways). In support for this position, FDA states that hospitals that reprocess single-use devices have been viewed as manufacturers and points to its own webpage for support.

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

In 2014, I began reporting human rights violations in medicine after uncovering widespread abuse in medical training and practice via my physician suicide helpline. It’s a growing crisis affecting over half of all doctors in the U.S., and it has been linked to rising rates of physician depression , doctor suicide , and medical errors.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

This is back in, I don’t know, like 2014 maybe. Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. Eloise, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Eloise 00:47 Thanks so much for having me.

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