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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management. Results From November 2019 to June 2024, 636 clinicians attended ECHO Concussion sessions. The qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively code FGD transcripts. 11 (9%) participated in FGDs.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #4: Frozen Ever After

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. No recent illnesses or any other symptoms. Modern Day Scurvy in Pediatric Orthopaedics: A Forgotten Illness. This is the last of the four cases. He required external cephalic version for breech presentation.

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The Mycoplasma Comeback: Why This Atypical Pneumonia is Back – A PEMCurrents Podcast

PEMBlog

2024, www.uptodate.com/contents/mycoplasma-pneumoniae-infection-in-children. Laboratory diagnosis and treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children: a review. 2024 Dec;56(1):2386636. Epub 2024 Aug 3. 2024, www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/mycoplasma-pneumoniae-infections-have-been-increasing.html.

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

PEMBlog

Recognize key diagnostic features that help differentiate Parvovirus B19 from other viral exanthems and systemic illnesses. Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19 Infection. Another 50% will only have mild flu-like illness, and 25% remain completely asymptomatic. UpToDate , Jun. link] Edwards, Morven S.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. If they’ve said they had a traumatic experience receiving a diagnosis. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request.

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Measles, vaccine hesitancy, and the ACIP

Common Sense Family Doctor

70 people (14%) have been hospitalized for serious illnesses, and one child and one adult have died. For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000.