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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

I’m the Vice Chairman of Rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic and the co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research. And I’m here today to talk about giant cell arteritis in clinical practice. Hello everyone. I’m Paras Karmacharya. As soon as giant cell arteritis is suspected.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

But the thing that really motivates me is seeing, you know, and trying to manage later stage, you know, we can call them complications of people who haven’t had a diagnosis are now really in, you know, a world of complexity around other conditions, around managing life and managing practical things. I’m busy. Soo 40:13 Yep.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

GeriPal

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? Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. Did the caregiver feel heard and understood? Did they have PTSD?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

Alex 02:20 (singing) “ Well, you wake up in the morning you hear the church bell ring and they march you to the table to see the same old thing ain’t no food upon the table ain’t no pork up in the pan but you better not complain boy, you get in trouble with a man let the midnight special shine a light on me. But you are right.

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

GeriPal

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. And when I presented it to the transplant team, they said, “This is interesting, but we don’t need that.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. But the process of implementing this project across two big health systems in our area was very complicated and had its share of both challenges and rewards. We were agnostic on the timing.