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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.

Families 101
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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%. You see something on a bedside swallow, or on a FEES, you’re diagnosing what you think it is. So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. Are you helping people try to get their swallow stronger during that time? Raele: Yes.

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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Identifying health concerns before symptoms appear gives us tremendous advantages in treatment success and minimizing long-term complications.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

And if the doctors still come up with different diagnoses or perceptions of what’s happening with the patient and or treatment plans, that’s all on them. This simulation, what we did is we videotaped, we basically had an actor play the role of a doctor, and we did a recruitment of people out in the community.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old.

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