PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. And the presentation for GERD varies by age.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical practice? Because it can be important to think about how people are coping with their illness. But before we do, we always have a song request.

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Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 129

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. I think the very simple, practical thing is involuntary weight loss. Alex 36:08 Yeah.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And moreover, about 40% of those patients with POLST had last signed it or filled it out two years prior to that presentation.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 126

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Complicated grief? And I wonder when we think about targeting particular population, it’s not just, you know, how seriously ill they are. Did they have PTSD? Depression?

Community 96

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fox gives patients hope there may be a place that illness doesn’t touch Depression is a Liar Why is Being a Patient Such a Difficult Pill to Swallow Better Patient Care Calls for a ‘Platinum Rule’ to Replace the Golden One. Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. So there are three primary domains.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness.

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Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115