PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Messaging for patients and families When children have a viral respiratory illness, it is usually pretty self evident based on their symptoms e.g. runny nose, cough, congestion.

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Patients Illness Hospital Management 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. I’m guessing not. How to screen for hearing loss.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

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. But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service.

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IT Patient-Centered Hospital Individual 125

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

So you have the consultation. And so on the inpatient side, which I see a lot of inpatient consults here, a large portion of what I do before they even come down to my department is making sure that they would be candidates for the simulation and treatment for the reasons that I described. Procedure as well as the treatments.

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 103

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness. I think I did one palliative care consult in three years in stem cell transplant.

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Consulting Patient-Centered Patients IT 116

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Today we talk with experts Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and Julie Childers about opioid use disorder and serious illness. Eric 00:51 So we’re gonna be talking about caring for people with serious illness and substance abuse.

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Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 74