Doctor On Demand

AUGUST 11, 2023

Among the grave heat-related conditions, heat stroke stands out as a medical emergency demanding swift attention. This heightened temperature can precipitate complications affecting vital organs like the brain and heart. As the summer sun blazes on, it’s imperative to grasp the potential risks linked with soaring temperatures.

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Consulting Board-Certified Emergency Room Medical Advice 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 120

The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

Dr. Kushel detailed how the use of dehumanizing language equates to complicity in a narrative that systemically harms our neighbors with lived expertise in homelessness. Our guests remind us to ask our patients about their housing status using non-judgmental and non-stigmatizing language.

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Community Patient-Centered Emergency Room Medical 52

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC.

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This isn’t to say we’ve “made it” – more to say that we’ve reached a new stage of maturation of the field – in which the evidence we are discussing is frequently high quality randomized trial level data. -@AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Since then there has been a lot of back and forth, with even a couple of podcasts from us, several JAMA viewpoints, and most recently a series of published replies from leaders in the field on why ACP is still valuable (see below for references). . Despite all of these publications, I’m still left at a loss of what to think about it all.

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