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Expert Panel Unveils Preanesthesia Cannabis Use Assessment Tool

Physician's Weekly

Rationale for a Dedicated Screening Instrument Growing evidence indicates that perioperative pharmacodynamics differ between cannabis users and non‑users. “[P]reliminary The CUBAT includes all these variables and provides example language for providers to use with patients,” the authors wrote.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. I’m guessing not.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. And there’s so much work on, you know, you’ve got to take these medicines, you got to prevent this treat, that there isn’t that same sort of clinical momentum towards deprescribing. Alex 15:36 Yeah.

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Parental Awareness of and Agreement With the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for Obesity Treatment [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care providers (PCPs) frequently treat children and adolescents with obesity. In 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for the evaluation and treatment of pediatric obesity. Nearly half (44%) screened positive for financial insecurity.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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COPD, GERD Tied to Elevated Lung Cancer Risk Among Never-Smokers

Physician's Weekly

Lung cancer in never-smokers (LCINS) accounts for a rising share of lung-cancer deaths, yet current screening criteria focus almost exclusively on tobacco exposure. Mining Data The researchers mined electronic medical record data from the United Kingdom’s Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

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