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More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

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Other complications include obstruction due to intussusception or volvulus, leading to bowel ischemia and shock. This nuclear medicine scan utilizes a radioactive tracer that is taken up by the gastric mucosa in Meckel’s diverticulum, thereby helping to identify its presence. The bleeding is usually painless. ” An et.

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

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Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. Eric: Because you need saliva to swallow, right? Nicole: Yes. Raele: Very helpful if you do, yeah. Nicole: Exactly. Raele: Yes.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California. Dr. Jordan then questions the utility and continued operation of methadone clinics, especially as the United States largely moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

David: Similarly informed by my clinical experience, really, actually, beginning in residency when I took care of a lot of sick folks in the hospital, particularly those with cancer and heart and lung diseases like these. It used to be a much more complicated model. And not just statistically significant, but clinically meaningful.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

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Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . In contrast to geriatrics, the evidence base for palliative care lagged clinical growth, in part because palliative care has no centralized “home” at the National Institutes of Health. Particularly in the inpatient setting?

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Ten years ago we would have been hard pressed to find 3 clinical trial abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, much less high quality randomized trials with robust measures, sample sizes, and analytics plans. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

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Clinical Case You are a senior resident working in the busy emergency department on an overnight shift. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Look for the underlying cause renal disease leads the list in kids.