Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

As data from the 2024-25 season becomes available, researchers hope to determine whether the vaccine will remain a one-and-done, or whether immunity will require repeated vaccination. A connection to dementia will require further research, and Geldsetzer is trying to raise philanthropic funding for a clinical trial.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

In this episode, we tackle the clinical mischief of Parvovirus B19 , a common viral infection with a surprisingly wide range of manifestationsfrom the classic slapped cheek rash of erythema infectiosum to aplastic crises in children with hemolytic anemias and fetal hydrops in pregnant contacts. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

(Blooms: Apply; Kirkpatrick Level 2 Learning) Evaluate the risks and benefits of ultrasound, CT, and MRI for common pediatric emergencies and identify appropriate imaging modalities based on clinical guidelines discussed in the podcast. 2024-066854. 2024-066855. Pediatrics. 2024;154(1):e2024066854. doi:10.1542/peds.2024-066854.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. George 03:01 So I would say that as many clinical issues in older adults, we need to think about them in two ways. And we can talk about that later in terms of potential clinical implications that may have code. Eric 11:57 In, let’s say, my clinic.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. According to a 2024 survey , of the roughly 431,000 licensed nurse practitioners, 15% are, like Johnson, certified to treat older adults. A headband was tied around her white hair. As usual, the TV was playing loudly in the background.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Clinical Case You are a senior resident working in the busy emergency department on an overnight shift. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Look for the underlying cause renal disease leads the list in kids.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Jessie: Yes.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. If you look in the diagnostical statistical manual, right, the sort of handbook for diagnoses, most of the diagnostic criteria are in some important ways kind of arbitrary, right? The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical practice?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Is it that they’re clinically depressed or that they’re understandably sad at the situation that they’re in or specific issues? The only place that I know of to get a palliative care postdoc in clinical work for psychologists is in six VA hospitals.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She is a member of the Clinical Genome Resource Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) Clinical Domain Working Group, where as a biocurator she assesses the pathogenicity of variants in IEM-associated genes to facilitate expedited genetic diagnosis for IEMs. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Pediatr Rev.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

It was inspired by a hot-off-the-presses publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) focused on clinical decision rules for cervical spine imaging in children. If they have no pain in the midline with any of these movements, then the cervical spine is clinically cleared. Harding, M., Leonard, J.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome Leonie Herx, who’s a palliative care physician and clinical professor at the University of Calgary. Bill: Thank you.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Hsien: Hey, great to be here.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. How should I define cachexia and anorexia when I’m talking to fellow students or thinking about it in my own clinical practice? We have an epidemic of BMI and therefore never use the way the patient looks like to diagnose cachexia. Eduardo 10:42 Sure, Eric.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. But you could have clustering within clinics, within clinicians who care for a panel of patients, that sort of thing. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? And you say, “Okay, that’s fine, but can it really … What about a real live clinical situation?” I think we’re getting closer to real live clinical situations, not just answering a test. That is the first clinical use case.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. Eric 07:31 A clinical perspective, why is it important to test this stepped care model versus implementing more? And there’s a mortality number of people who just can’t make it to get to our clinic.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And interesting enough, this is a really fascinating study that just got published in JAMA I M in December of 2024. We did it by the clinic level. Alex 03:54 Very generous. Is that right?

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric 04:39 Yeah, I see it used on inpatient, side on consult clinics in hospices. Eric 07:03 And those classic studies, were those done in the hospital and PALP care units and clinic? For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Would change their prognosis.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. So that’s I think diagnoses. Diane: Yeah.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s focused on older adults who are too frail to get into clinic. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. We relied on our clinical experience as geriatricians, that home-based primary care experience. Bruce: Sure.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We will review the clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, management protocols, infection control practices, and vaccination updates. Learning Objectives Understand the clinical progression of pertussis through its three distinct stages and identify key symptoms, including age-specific presentations in infants and older children.

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Updated 2024 Jan 19]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. 2024 Feb 11:S0196-0644(24)00017-9. Well, they say that LP should be performed when there are meningeal signs or symptoms or other clinical features that suggest possible meningitis or intracranial infection. Febrile Seizure. Ann Emerg Med.

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