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Episode 67: Human Dx unknown with Reza & Pitt residents – altered mental status

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Human Dx case Schema Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Dr. Christina Mallarino-Haeger Christina Mallarino-Haeger is a third year Internal Medicine resident at UPMC/University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Ryan Augustin Ryan Augustin is a second-year internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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Episode 95: Human Dx unknown with Sharmin & Mercy residents – Hypernatremia

The Clinical Problem Solvers

His favorite thing about internal medicine is is the profound sense of accomplishment he feels when replacing electrolytes that are just slightly below the normal range. He went to Wayne State University for my undergraduate studies thinking he would be a physical therapist, massage therapist, and dietitian (yes, all three of those).

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. So it tends to be future oriented and tends to show up as a physical sensation in our body. But it’s this physical sensation that comes along with these ideations.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

A music therapist would use music deliberately to achieve a rehabilitation goal, just like a physical therapist or an occupational therapist. And this gets called, disparagingly, music medicine, where doctors, because they have a license, they just use music like they would use a drug. What’s your favorite book?

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . I share this story of a patient I cared for who was in the later stages of ALS and had lost much of physical function, lost voice. Alex: And you published in Washington Post, Annals of Internal Medicine. She has a book out. Nathan: Yeah. Nathan: Annals.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we talk with Jason Karlawish, who we’ve had on previously talking about his book The Problem of Alzheimer’s and with Aaron Kesselhim, to discuss FDA approval of Aducanumab , as well as frequent guest and host Ken Covinsky. . And by the way, Harvey has a brand new book out Dignity and Care. Wait, what ? .

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

I think we also lean into, I’ve learned so much from my social work colleagues and/or my spiritual care provider colleagues because they do really lean into some of these other aspects of the who, not just the physical. And by the way, Harvey has a brand new book out Dignity and Care. I may have talked about it before.