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

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William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. Do you worry about that? We actually have the majority. Mazie: Yes.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. And that included scheduling a visit with a, with a facilitator who had been specially trained.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. So what’s the evaluation and management for simple febrile seizures? How do we evaluate and manage them? And so briefly, let’s talk about that neurology referral and follow up. Alright, so what about the management of febrile status epilepticus?

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