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A Comprehensive Guide to CT-Angiogram of the Heart-Part 1

Rao Doctor

A CT-angiogram of the heart, commonly referred to as cardiac CT angiography, is a sophisticated imaging technique that utilizes computed tomography (CT) technology to visualize the arteries of the heart, called the coronary arteries and assess blood flow within the heart. Understanding CT-Angiogram What is CT-Angiogram?

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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Likelihood Ratios

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Objectives Define likelihood ratios and their utility in diagnostic reasoning Identify how likelihood ratios alter the probability of a diagnosis Apply likelihood ratios in clinical reasoning What are likelihood ratios and how do they work? A LR > 1 increases the probability of a specific diagnosis. x 10 9 cells/L, Hgb 9.7

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

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.

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

GeriPal

Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? Nicole: I was just going to add that I think a helpful analogy for me has been to think about our clinical assessment, sort of like if a physical therapist just stood at the door with their ear up to the door to listen if a patient fell, and then made a recommendation plan for exercise.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

By diagnosis? And that’s where things like diagnosis triggers, if you will, prognostic triggers, and then the ideal need-based triggers. Eric: Our outpatient service does have guides around diagnosis and prognosis. That gets really complicated as well. Or there’s physical symptom needs. By prognosis?

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. There’s a Boguts case, a patient with anorexia who utilized medical aid and dying. Like 80 to 90% of patients we see have a psychiatric diagnosis. Ptsd, depression, anxiety.

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