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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Illness Script

The Clinical Problem Solvers

By: Franco Murillo Reviewed by: Jack Penner Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers. Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- An illness script is a clinical reasoning tool used by clinicians to collect and retrieve clinically relevant information about a particular condition. Objectives: 1.-

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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. learning), the use of guideline-based information in clinical practice, and subsequent patient health outcomes. Health organization outcomes. Descriptive statistics (e.g.,

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

However, the vast majority of pediatric patients with psychiatric complaints do not present with undifferentiated acute psychosis; rather, they are seen for behavioral concerns or suicidal ideation. When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

Alex: And we have Kevin McConeghy, who is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the VA Medical Center in Providence, and a PhD candidate at the Brown School of Public Health. We used a large online survey panel, the Ipsos Knowledge Panel, and we presented older adults with two vignettes. Welcome, Ariel. Ariel: Thanks. Kevin: Thank you.

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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want to: A Bittersweet Happy 30th Birthday to LDTs

FDA Law Blog

Nobody knows how many LDTs exist today, but it is clear that many of the most novel, innovative tests are LDTs. Advocates of greater regulation point to the proliferation of clinically significant tests as evidence supporting the need for more oversight. More recently, the VALID Act has been wending its way through Congress.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So let’s just say you have a healthy 55 year old or 65 year old in your clinic. So whether it’s 50, 52, 55, 65, we should ask every person who comes into clinic at least once a year, how do you feel like your thinking is? So I’m in a specialty clinic, so I’m in this interdisciplinary memory assessment clinic.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

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.