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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

During this ED visit, the family notes that the child has had 1 week of vomiting whenever he eats. He also developed hypertension with bradycardia prompting surgical intervention. StatPearls , StatPearls Publishing, 2 February 2024. At that visit, his physical exam was normal. Asian journal of neurosurgery vol. Arachnoid Cysts.”

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. He died in 2024. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Is that fair?

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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. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Eric: This comes down to also like, if I find… As an oncologist, somebody has very high hypertension, is it my role to control that hypertension? Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain. Alex 24:58 I’m so glad you mentioned the family. There’s something.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Pat Connolly reported on the 2024 Maine Legislative Session: It was a short but busy session in Augusta this year. Pat Connolly & Cortney Linville who attended the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit in Washington May 19-21. Here in Maine the "shorter" Legislative Session was quite full!

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available at: [link] Accessed December 3, 2024. So respiratory complications include apnea, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. Available from: [link] Pediatrics in Review Heather L. Daniels, Camille Sabella; Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis).

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