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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. Setting: Community-based primary health care. positive, neutral, and negative impact) are presented for 17 types of outcomes. Descriptive statistics (e.g.,

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

We used a large online survey panel, the Ipsos Knowledge Panel, and we presented older adults with two vignettes. And after each vignette, we presented seven rationales that a trusted clinician could use to explain why the person should stop taking that medicine. So people could live in the community. ” Ariel: Exactly.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

In the case presented, the patients blood pressure was significantly elevated, and she exhibited symptoms indicative of end-organ involvement, including altered mental status, headache, and nausea. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

We’ve had difficulty in recruiting and engaging in those communities, and that’s on our end. It’s not on the community’s end. I just had lab tests done. I didn’t know which lab test got my lab tests looked on there. And I pretty much present it as.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

Alex and I did a study on over 2000 community dwelling older adults, and we found that over two thirds of people had geriatric conditions, these geriatric syndromes, and palliative care related problems like pain, difficulty climbing stairs. One of my good friends, Jerome Kim, is a community oncologist. Throw it in the trash.”

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. 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. Try to really understand what’s happening. And very time-consuming.