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A Pearl From Medical School

A Country Doctor Writes

I’ve never heard any of my American colleagues talk about that, although there are several articles about the connection if you Google it. I ordered some lab tests, including a sed rate. Before he ever got the test, he ended up in the emergency room with pneumonia. That could have explained the abnormal lab result.

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

He overheard the term and used it to describe himself and clinic staff in a 1974 article on staff burnout detailing long-term physical and psychological job stress. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot with their landmark 2018 article, Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ So what’s the real issue? They’re suffering from moral injury.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies. There are lab tests, imaging studies, vaccines, and screening questions for people in different age groups, as well as for folks with certain lifestyle habits. Read My Latest News!

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

What you can expect to learn from this article: Recognize signs of end-organ injury when BP is 95th percentile + 30 mmHg. Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

We brought up your JAGS article, which we’ll link to our show notes about some of the geriatric needs, falls. I think geriatrics and palliative care, Alex had this really nice Venn diagram that he had created for an article he wrote, where it’s overlapping. And for some of them, the stays in hospitals are a month long.