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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

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Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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

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But I mean, I would also add that not all of the responses to the PGA, and to the provider part that is completed, are coming from the patient. Overtreatment leads to hospitalizations, undertreatment leads to disease progression. And for some of them, the stays in hospitals are a month long. Mazie: Yes. Mazie: Oh, for sure.