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How to replace a gastrostomy tube

PEMBlog

The original post was authored by Ashley Endres in 2018. It is important that families replace the G-tube or use a foley within 4 hours to help maintain patency of the stoma as the stoma can close quickly. At that point you can follow the step of inserting new G-tube Bonus Videos This video is by Nemours Children’s Hospital.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Our last podcast was with Laura Petrillo in 2018 – 5 years ago seems ancient history – though many of the points still apply today (e.g. So my background clinically is working with cancer patients and families and those who underwent bone marrow transplant, and a lot of times for their treatment regimen, it includes steroids.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. So it’s just a wide-opening lens that most of us never really get to see if we’re on the hospital-based side. Welcome, Katie, to the GeriPal podcast. Katie: Awesome.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

2018 Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on ACP. And especially for those who may have nontraditional families. I think if you’re from a nontraditional family, it’s very important to make sure that people understand who you would want to talk to. We can work it out! AlexSmithMD. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations.