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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention: 12 monthly online OUD sessions held from April 2023 to March 2024. 4 expert faculty members developed session curriculum: screening and diagnosis, using behavioral health/counseling, addressing harm reduction, among others. Setting: 20 PC practices located in various regions across the US.

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Rare Diseases: Pathways to accelerating diagnoses 

Myriad Genetics

Recently, the Today Show highlighted Courtney (she asked that only first names be used), who visited 17 different doctors over three years to help diagnose her young son Alex, who she was watching suffer and decline before her eyes. None of them. It was the AI program ChatGPT.

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AMPLIFYâ„¢ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

Typically, the way to diagnose 22q prenatally is through chorionic villus sampling or an amniocentesis. Less invasive options like prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screens can also be used to help identify the microdeletion. Thus, the value of using cfDNA screens for 22q has been marginal. Published 2023 Jan 6.

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More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

PEMBlog

STAT Pearls, 2023 Wrap Up Meckel diverticulum is a congenital anomaly of the small intestine that can present with various clinical manifestations, including rectal bleeding and obstruction. The Diagnosis of Meckel’s Diverticulum: A Continuing Challenge. Diverticulitis and umbilical fistula can also occur. ” An et.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19 Infection. It was discovered by accident back in 1975, so a little bit before I was born, and it was labeled B19 because of the sample number in a Hepatitis B screening panel. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19? Its a clinical diagnosis, especially in typical cases.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Attention to any toxidromes, any abnormal vital signs or mental status, eye findings, and neurologic examination provide the greatest help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare. Health Aff (Millwood).

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 4: You Can’t Get Fooled Again

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. Platelets 134 × 10 9 /L Alk phos 470 U/L AST 84 U/L ALT 40 U/L VBG pH 7.320, pCO2 81, HCO2 22 Urine Drug Screen positive for cannabinoids The patient had chest x-ray without any notable pathology. mg/dL Hct 30.7%