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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

This may mean you’re not getting enough oxygen, which can cause serious complications. Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Am I at risk for complications due to my medical history? Receiving treatment quickly can make a life-saving difference.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

This thread from a 2015 post illustrates how varying needs of a child with ulcerative colitis call for different ways to connect: Take Luke, a school-aged child with moderate ulcerative colitis complicated by sclerosing cholangitis. Crucial that we fix this. Easily conducted asynchronously by secure text. Potentially serious.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #3: It’s a Small World

PEMBlog

Acute corneal hydrops The patient was seen by ophthalmology who recommended admission for medical management to prevent further self-inflicted trauma via clear plastic shields and initiate eye drops including atropine, prednisolone, and hypertonic saline. Acute Corneal Hydrops: Etiology, Risk Factors, and Management. Open globe E.

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Frailty Triples Odds of More Severe RSV Illness

Physician's Weekly

Data came from the three influenza seasons from 2012 to 2015. Incorporating Frailty in RSV Management The findings demonstrate that frailty represents “a significant factor influencing adverse outcomes in older adults hospitalized with RSV infection ,” Dr. Andrew and colleagues wrote. “The

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. She falls and breaks her hip. It was Remember Me.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

I moved to Boston in 2015 to start my PhD and I’ve always worked clinically at MGH during the process, but I was very interested in this notion of measuring function and frailty. Eric: And probably, you didn’t have to twist Alex’s arm for a Neil Diamond song. Ann: No, he was very excited. Here we go. singing) Ann: Great job.

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary One of the things I love about Liz Dzeng’s work is the way in which it draws upon, echoes, and advances our understanding of the influence of culture on the end of life experience. This field is not new. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz. Eric: Great.

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