The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

On hospital day #2, peritoneal fluid cultures returned positive for E. Submitted by @haber_md The Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity (PAWS) Scale: A score of > 4 has an LR of 174 for complicated withdrawal (withdrawal hallucinosis, withdrawal-related seizures, or delirium tremens). coli, confirming a diagnosis of SBP.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. Well, yeah, Dr. McPherson, aside.

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Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In-hospital complications for either procedure are rare ( The following video is a representation of the procedure: TCAR (Transcarotid Arterial Revascularization) References 1. TCAR and the surgical removal of the plaque (Carotid Endarterectomy) are equally as efficacious in one-year follow-up2.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

I started blogging as a patient, just talking about my own story online like patients did back in the day. Then in the OpenNotes work that I do, I was hired to take something complicated like transparency and patients having access to their full records in medicine, and then making that something that the lay public understood.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

A little over a decade ago, Ken Covinsky wrote a GeriPal post about a Jack Iwashyna JAMA study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital. To this day, Ken’s post is still one of the most searched and viewed posts on GeriPal. Eric: What was that paper?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

* This episode of the GeriPal Podcast is sponsored by the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Division of Hospital Medicine , which is committed to providing outstanding, compassionate care to all patients, advancing health equity, and fostering excellence in hospital medicine. For more details, please click here. (AP

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. 2 , 4 I believe this is crucial and that all politicians should know about it.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. Because in medicine as somebody who works in the hospital, there’s always other treatment options. So figured out a little harmonica- Eric: That was wonderful.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

DEA noted that “there is considerable variability in the cannabinoid concentrations and chemical constituency among marijuana samples and that the interpretation of clinical data related to marijuana is complicated.” NPRM at 44,607. Basis at 45; NPRM at 44,613. Basis at 7-8; NPRM at 44,614.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Complications that you should be aware of include bacteremia, endocarditis, septic arthritis, or osteomyelitis. Well, you definitely shouldn’t be sending a blood culture because if you’re worried about bacteremia and sepsis, that kid needs to stay in the hospital. I’ll take a comment on the blog.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Open since 2005 her community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal hospitals and clinics nationwide. These human rights violations are perpetuated in first-world brand-name hospitals. We should be completely ashamed that this is going on in our hospitals. This is going to cause problems for the next generation.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Aside from coughing forever, there’s some important complications you need to be aware of. So respiratory complications include apnea, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. Greater than 50 percent of kids under 12 months of age with pertussis could require hospitalization.

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