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Lower Extremity Bypass for Peripheral Artery Disease – Indications and What to Expect

Vascular Physician

Other more complicated cases may require open interventions such as endarterectomy and/or bypass. Overall, this procedure may seem quite complicated, but a large team of medical experts are involved in the care of each patient. Over time, the patient will complain of pain when walking a certain distance.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? Do you do what I do, pull out a handy-dandy opioid equianalgesic table to give you a guide on how much to convert to? . which advocates for an updated, wait for it… equianalgesic table! . Drew: Yeah.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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When Should Doctors Begin Investing in Real Estate?

The Motivated MD

We are a collective profession of high-earning and driven individuals. It seems natural that, as we look to build our wealth, we will inevitably stumble upon the many forms of real estate investing and weigh their merits. I had never genuinely considered real estate investing (in its many forms) until I finished paying off most of our debts.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the. Anish 00:24 Thanks so much for having me. Alex 00:26 And we’re delighted to welcome Emily Martin, who is a palliative care doc at UCLA. Emily, welcome to GeriPal. Emily 00:32 It’s good to be here. Evie, welcome to GeriPal. Evie 00:41 Thank you.

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Doctors for America Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccine Regulation

Doctors for America

Millions of Americans continue to live with complications of this disease and long COVID. We need all tools available to prevent complications of COVID-19. DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.

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2024: Another Year of Happiness

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Plus, it's crazy to believe that when I stared this blog I was just a premedical student and now I am 4th year Plastic Surgeon in training accomplishing things that I had never even dreamed of. January was a continuation of my Orlando experience with Pediatric Surgery. It was a great month operating on newborns, babies, and children.