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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

The concurrent circulation of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19, and norovirus during peak viral seasons presents a diagnostic challenge in pediatric emergency settings. Common Complications : Otitis media : Diagnosis is supported by the presence of a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent effusion.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

asthma, heart failure, and more. It’s much more logistically difficult when the patient arrests out of the hospital and then presents to the emergency department with CPR ongoing via EMS personnel and then to get transitioned to ECMO. So we need to include pre hospital providers, the emergency medicine teams.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. And the presentation for GERD varies by age.

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How to choose between Pediatrics and Internal Medicine for post-graduation?

Tiny Physician

The pediatricians provide their services to young population (less than 13 years as a general rule) and the IM takes care of the rest. An IM expert can’t deal with all the diseases of pediatric population as some diseases are only present in pediatric population and vice versa.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs.