PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology, and complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, including its atypical manifestations. Differentiate Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia from typical bacterial and viral pneumonia based on history, physical exam findings, and diagnostic testing.

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Patient-Centered Diagnosis Complication Community 91

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

He had easy work of breathing, and physical exam was only notable for decreased breath sounds over the left lower lobe. Bronchopulmonary sequestration Our patient was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS). However, he developed the fatigue and cough prompting today’s presentation to the ED. mg/dL, normal <0.1

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Diagnosis Diagnose Patients Asthma 52

GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. It’s under recognized, under diagnosed, under treated, under discussed, understudied as a result. But that combination is actually quite common, and it’s quite challenging to diagnose and manage, at least in the traditional sense.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 121

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

While elevated blood pressure readings are critical data points, the presence of symptoms and signs of end-organ dysfunction are paramount in diagnosing a hypertensive emergency (Kamat 2024). Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses.

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. But often what we’re talking about is this experience that we can describe physically inside of our body, the sensation that we’re having as we’re anticipating that things may go wrong or badly in some kind of way. I’m having a bodily reaction.

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Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 130

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. We have an epidemic of BMI and therefore never use the way the patient looks like to diagnose cachexia. So cachexia, I would put it involuntary weight loss is the number one way to diagnose it. But what I tell them is, keep yourself physically active.

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Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

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. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions.

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Illness IT Medical Provider 144