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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

In the case presented, the patients blood pressure was significantly elevated, and she exhibited symptoms indicative of end-organ involvement, including altered mental status, headache, and nausea. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses.

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

GeriPal

And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. Like getting a donor, doing all the different tests, making sure there’s not going be an interaction. Eric: But if the Practical Geriatric Assessment was a lab test, everybody would get it.