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Lupus Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

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In pediatric patients, complications can evolve rapidly and carry significant morbidity and mortality. Emergency medicine providers should maintain a high index of suspicion for these entities in children and adolescents with known or suspected SLE. Spot urine protein:creatinine ratio provides rapid assessment of proteinuria.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

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And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. One of your articles addresses that. So you’re right.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

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Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. And the presentation for GERD varies by age.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

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This office is tasked with providing aging policy research and recommendations within ASPE, including long term care and the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. So you’re right.

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A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

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Well dive into the clinical presentations, including acute and chronic symptoms, the dangers of sudden sniffing death, and the specific risks associated with nitrites, hydrocarbons, and nitrous oxide. It presents as erythema and inflammation around the mouth and nose. So, what are inhalants? Thank you for listening.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. But I think then the other factor in this that makes it complicated is the decision for someone in Manhattan might be very different than the decision for someone in, like, rural Wyoming. Absolutely.

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