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Remote Monitoring for Blood Sugar Control in the USA

Dr. Zaar

CGMs, smart glucometers) Real-time data sharing with care teams Benefits of Remote Monitoring Timely adjustments to treatment Reduced hospital visits Improved long-term blood sugar control Early detection of fluctuations Who Can Benefit? Definition and how it works Devices used (e.g.,

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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

If there’s visual symptoms, patients are often hospitalized for high dose intravenous symptoms. We don’t want to overtreat GCA, but again, under diagnosing it has life altering consequences. Most patients with head and neck ischemia are started on high dose prednisone, ways that we have been doing this for many years.

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Doctor: "You are ready for discharge."

Mere Mortal MD

People are not usually fond of hospitals, especially if they happen to be the patient. A hospital is a place for sick people, a place where death lurks around the corner, where a blood sucking phlebotomist pokes around your veins after strapping a blue rubber band tightly around your upper arm. Thanks for reading Mere Mortal MD!

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this?

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:04 And Alex, who do we have with us today? Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don 01:11 Thank you so much. Yeah, but that’s how I started.

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

Knowing I was interested in neurology and had opportunities to observe brain death determination in the hospital. Insurance companies. So in the case of Jahi McMath, you were talking about, you know, her family was kicked out of the hospital. And this was becoming a very controversial topic at the time. Healthcare provide.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

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