The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2019

In this post we’ll dive deeper into our illness script for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA). A CXR showed a left upper lobe consolidation, and he was treated with antibiotics for presumed community-acquired pneumonia. Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers! A CT Chest showed multifocal cavitary lung nodules.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

times more likely to develop urinary or sexual complications, 2.78 Time spent diagnosing, monitoring, and treating asymptomatic prostate cancer in men with limited life expectancy distracts from monitoring and treating their symptomatic life-limiting illnesses.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

An essential part of the diagnostic process involves creating a problem representation (PR) and then trying to match that PR to a specific illness script. But, this requires an adequate understanding of the syndrome and having well-defined illness scripts. Part of the problem is that we are still figuring out this illness.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. Drew: I’ve published a draft version of it on the blog.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Well, before we talk about dysphagia and revisit it, which is also interesting, because this is our first podcast, I think on dysphagia, but we’ve talked about it before on GeriPal, in our blog. But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? Raele: I do.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

uh, ill defined epigastric or chest pain, and it’s often worse by eating or lying down after meals. Remember, our community pediatricians, family medicine doctors, are brilliant. I’ll take an email, a comment on the blog, a direct message on X or another social media platform. They can handle this problem.

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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. So less than six months to live.

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