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Action Needed to Close Racial Gaps in Autism Services

Physician's Weekly

As autism diagnoses increase, especially in marginalized groups, experts call for better funding, research inclusion, service access, and workforce diversity. The CDC estimates that one in 36 children aged 8 years old has autism, representing a more than a four-fold increase since 2000.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

And I think that when we’re faced with a child who has one of these diagnoses, that’s where we need to weigh the risks and benefits. And I always say that I do not envy my emergency medicine colleagues, particularly those practicing in community settings. And so we routinely do outreach with our community providers.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. I think this is…Treatment of community acquired pneumonia in just regular medicine awards, not in the ICU three versus seven days. Lona: Absolutely. Eric: Can I touch on the last study? Was there a difference Sonali?

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. So, if it’s a hospitalized patient, usually the referral will come through to the SLP service. You see something on a bedside swallow, or on a FEES, you’re diagnosing what you think it is. Nicole: Yeah, so again, it does depend a bit on the setting.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Endoscopy, upper GI and endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing gastritis. Non invasive H. Non invasive H. pylori in the kid.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. This message should be incorporated into counseling during routine clinic visits, especially for people recently diagnosed with HIV. Community-based organizations led by Black women may be even more impactful.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Essentially we’re testing the early integrated palliative care model, which is monthly visits with a specialty trained palliative care physician or advanced practice provider for patients who are diagnosed with advanced non small cell lung cancer. We would make referrals to psycho oncology. So those social workers were involved.