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Q&A: What Physicians Need to Know About Cold Drink Heart

Physician's Weekly

Dr Vinson: I introduced the phrase in a 2020 essay I published after our initial 2016 case report. We also found it surprising that more than one-third of our respondents noted that cold drinks were particularly likely to incite an AF episode during or following physical exertion. PW: Who coined the term “cold drink heart”?

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

They are often overwhelmed by physically and mentally daunting tasks, and the result is often an unpleasant experience for everyone involved. We have seen a number of examples, Canada experimenting with robot-comrades since the 2016 introduction of Ludwig , and some elderly care facilities in Ireland introducing Stevie to their residents.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

However, in 2016 they began to realize that the rules and oversight from insurance companies and government entities were creating an environment that took the focus of physicians away from the patients and onto their computers and the completion of irrelevant busywork. They volunteer as the attending physician for high school football games.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

At that visit, his physical exam was normal. During this second ED visit, his physical exam including vital signs and mental status remains normal. 2016 (2016): 6964713. doi:10.1155/2016/6964713 Kim, Ga-Eun et al. During this ED visit, the family notes that the child has had 1 week of vomiting whenever he eats.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Disparities in Restraint Practices: Disparities in restraint practices are addressed, particularly the disproportionate use of physical and pharmacologic restraints on Black people. 2016 Mar;67(3):324-31. Fontanella CA, Hiance-Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA, Lester N, Sweeney HA, Hurst M, Campo JV. Psychiatr Serv. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500104.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

Physical exam Initial vital signs: T 37.5 °C Clinical Pediatric Dermatology 5 th ed, Elsevier, 2016, 382-401. However on the day of presentation, she had worsening pain and swelling in her hands and feet to the point of being unable to walk due to pain. She had a normal appetite until the day of presentation. Conjunctiva normal.

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

FDA Law Blog

Conspicuously missing is any rebuttal to one other issue raised in the June 22, 2020 HHS memo : that laboratories based out of state universities or public health departments are not “persons” as defined in key premarket review and enforcement provisions of the FD&C Act.