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Raynaud's Phenomenon

Vascular Physician

How is Raynaud's Phenomenon diagnosed? If the symptoms are extremely debilitating, or cause ulceration of the tips of fingers or toes, pharmacological therapy and referral to a rheumatologist to look for autoimmune disease causes may also be considered. Do your fingers or toes change color when they are exposed to cold temperatures?

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

Do you think that medical-legal concerns also play a role? I think medical-legal implications do play a role, and there’s been studies on that, but it’s mostly in the general EM literature, not as much in pediatrics. They’re not just the test referral center. Nobody wants to miss an appendicitis.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

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. Nicole: Yeah, I think definitely delirium, but there are also a lot of medical conditions that can be specific to hospitalizations.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

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. pylori, medication overuse, particularly NSAIDs or other stressors. All right, let us shift gears to gastritis. Non invasive H.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

You can continue to use your insurance for medications and for labs as well. However, with DPC you can find discounts on medications, labs, imaging, and supplements that are passed on to you. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated. blog":{"type":"Static","pageId":"tomo1"},"./medspa-policies":{"type":"Static","pageId":"c8gi2"},"./event-list":{"type":"Static","pageId":"lmi71"},"./general-clean":{"type":"Static","pageId":"u6anc"},".

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. So, I don’t think we should have these silos. Jessie: Yes.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

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.