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Both Sides Now – Part II

Evergreen Family Medicine

Her chest x-ray showed lobar pneumonia, and her sputum gram stain (yes, we used to do this) showed gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains, confirming her ill hypoxic tachycardic presentation to be due to pneumococcal pneumonia, a common, painless, often fatal illness for elderly patients.The intern launched into a 30-min

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

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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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

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

GeriPal

Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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