The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

We walked down to the emergency room and reviewed his chart. Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. Would I’ve been able to reason my way to his underlying diagnosis from the initial data?

Illness 52

Illness Diagnosis Emergency Room Diagnose 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

I’m a dementia specialist, and so what I was experiencing was that many people were coming to see me to get a diagnosis of a very straightforward case of mild Alzheimer’s or moderate Alzheimer’s disease, whose doctors had told them there was nothing wrong with them or that their memory was better than my own, says the doctor.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

I’ve seen patients post transplant when they start having complications. They are complicated. They’re complicated from a symptom standpoint. And so I honestly think it has to do with how complex the diseases and the complications that come from it. Amy 12:23 I find this one. What’s the goal?

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. That put me in the emergency room. I mean, I think, you know, people talk about withdrawal syndrome and it is an official DSM for diagnosis, but I’m not sure it’s. Eloise 36:49 I would first present to you what I think your options are.

Medical 99

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 99

GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications?

IT 128

IT Family Families Patient-Centered 128

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And I think the advanced planning debate is really a question of, how do we help this very complicated situation? That this is iterative from diagnosis to end-of-life, right? And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. We see how hard it is.

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. In our larger studies, before the study that Tacara helped lead, we never required family members to be present, or do work. Annals of Int Med.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115