PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

And I think that when we’re faced with a child who has one of these diagnoses, that’s where we need to weigh the risks and benefits. And I always say that I do not envy my emergency medicine colleagues, particularly those practicing in community settings. And so we routinely do outreach with our community providers.

Families 101

Families Family Hospital Patient-Centered 101

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%. I think someone has a song request for Alex. Raele: I do.

IT 125

IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 125

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Endoscopy, upper GI and endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing gastritis. Non invasive H. Non invasive H. pylori in the kid.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. This is Eric Widera.

Patient-Centered 120

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120