GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Today we talk with two psychologists who are deeply invested in addressing psychological aspects of care for people living with serious illness. That rings true to me.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. But that was separate from MAID.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history. You won’t be able to diagnose them on history and physical alone.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. And, of course, this is what families of patients undergoing palliative care go through. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.

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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. Alex 12:36 And most of our listeners are like clinician, practicing clinicians caring for older adults, people with serious illness. I guess we would say that most trials are superiority trials.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Why do this? For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Kara 04:09 Sure.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. Alex 02:44 Still suffering from some illness from there, which is why I was sick and not in the office with Eric today. And interesting enough, this is a really fascinating study that just got published in JAMA I M in December of 2024.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Patients families want to know whether their loved one has died. And one would be when care is continuing a case where people believe that the patients died, or oftentimes, this is also a source of controversy between families and clinicians. Alex 28:22 That’s not in the vital talk, serious illness, communication.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. You can broaden the scope of diagnoses.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available at: [link] Accessed December 3, 2024. So again, you are treating with antibiotics to prevent more people from getting sick, more so than shortening the duration of illness. Available from: [link] Pediatrics in Review Heather L. link] UpToDate Yeh S et al.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. —

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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. Family history of febrile seizures. The majority of children have febrile seizures on the first day of illness. In some cases, it’s actually their first manifestation of illness.

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