Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Whether you’re managing a chronic condition or seeking a diagnosis, virtual consultations provide expert care without borders. The post How to Book an Online Endocrinologist Appointment from Any US State appeared first on Dr Zaar.

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 21, 2025

Symptoms like regurgitation, a sour taste in the mouth, or chest pain that mimics heart issues should prompt a visit to the doctor for evaluation and management. If something feels off, erring on the side of caution and consulting a doctor is the best course of action.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 21, 2025

These changes can also help with weight management and cognitive function, potentially improving sleep disorders. Consult a doctor, sleep specialist, or therapist for the right diagnosis and treatment. If these fail, consulting specialists and attempting talk therapy can help.

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Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Other factors that could make you more likely to be affected by RAS include: High blood pressure High cholesterol Diabetes Smoking Unhealthy diet Men over the age of 45 and women over the age of 55 Obesity What Are the Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Complications? In most cases, RAS does not exhibit any noticeable signs or symptoms.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

While primary care providers are trained to manage conditions like diabetes, they rely on endocrinologists to provide more specialized care. You might get referred to an endocrinologist if your condition is complex or difficult to manage. They offer the support and personalized care you need to manage your conditions and stay healthy.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The Meckel’s scan is the preferred diagnostic modality, and prompt surgical consultation may be necessary for symptomatic cases. References Dixon P & Nolan D.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Identifying the specific type of virus that are causing a child’s symptoms, like rhinovirus vs parainfluenza, is often unnecessary, especially in otherwise healthy children who are managed at home.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. What’s the Diagnosis? Pulmonology and surgery were consulted during his hospital stay, and he has since had a left lower lobectomy after healing from his pneumonia. This is the second of the four cases.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Yes, and so thinking about these imaging modalities, I keep coming back to the fact that most of the time when we’re ordering one, it’s because we’re thinking about what’s next from a management standpoint for the patient. A lot of times when we consult a service, it’s a resident who might be at another hospital.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. Eric: And you can probably tell already, the topic at hand is diabetes management in late life.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

3], it was found that the resident doctors have to do multiple works simultaneously during their shifts and there had been multiple interruptions while doing each task which could result in errors in patient management. This may result in errors in the diagnosis of the patient whom the doctor was examining initially.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

In case you have missed it, click below to read- FEVER FAQ- Part 1 Fever Diagnosis: How is your health assessed? When assessing a fever, we doctors employ a systematic approach to ensure accurate diagnosis and effective management. Understanding the patient’s medical history is crucial for an accurate diagnosis.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

How we came about to select these articles or to have interest in this topic is really older adults are unique population that are at risk for both over diagnosis of infections as well as under diagnosis of infections. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

JUNE 16, 2025

Getting a Clear Diagnosis Because symptoms of hormone imbalance and stress are so similar, a proper diagnosis is essential. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Bazel today to explore whether your symptoms are caused by stress, a hormone imbalance, or both. Take the first step toward clarity and balance.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

SkinIO , Scanoma , Miiskin , FirstDerm , Direct Derm , iDoc24 , and SkinVision all work based on the same principle: they promise patients the option to self-check their symptoms and then to connect to a dermatologist online for consultation within a very short period of time.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

AUGUST 8, 2024

When to See a Doctor While mild UTIs sometimes resolve on their own, it’s essential to consult a healthcare provider if: Symptoms persist or worsen after a few days. Timely diagnosis and treatment are crucial to prevent complications. Early intervention can make all the difference in managing your health effectively.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Healthcare has evolved, and patients now have more choices than ever for medical consultations. Telemedicine allows you to consult with a doctor remotely via video, phone, or online messaging. Effective Follow-Ups – Great for medication adjustments, test results, and chronic disease management. Let’s break it down.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. Patients who have a trusted primary care doctor are more likely to follow medical advice, manage their chronic conditions effectively, and ultimately enjoy better health outcomes.

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Vascular Physician

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

These include: Endometriosis Adenomyosis Ovarian cysts Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Finding a healthcare provider who you can trust and who is willing to perform the necessary tests to differentiate this diagnosis from other conditions that can also cause pelvic pain is the best way to achieve an accurate diagnosis.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

However, there are “Red Flag” symptoms that require urgent evaluation and management. A doctor can help identify triggers, suggest lifestyle changes, and recommend medications to manage symptoms. A short-term sore throat may resolve on its own — monitor symptoms or consult a primary care doctor.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

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. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Consultations versus telehealth. But watch out! That’s what I’m waiting for, Alex.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. Now, what should we do for evaluation and next steps in management? Pediatrics. 1998 Dec;102(6):E69. doi: 10.1542/peds.102.6.e69.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Management of chronic pain in the elderly: focus on transdermal buprenorphine. And how am I going to manage their pain? And then part of our role as folks in palliative care who as Katie mentioned, really try to help folks manage distress around serious illness. Two great videos on buprenorphine initiation. Transcript.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Maybe we’ll get to talking about that today. Jessie, welcome back to GeriPal. Should they?

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. He was ultimately admitted to the general pediatric service for further management. This is the fourth of the four cases. However this biopsy revealed evidence of fibrosis and no concern for malignancy.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Now actually suggesting perhaps that you missed a diagnosis that you should have considered? So there’s some stuff out there like that, but also using AI to determine who at high risk and should get a palliative care consult. Matt: We have seen pilot level studies, interventions like that one to do clinical ethics consultation.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why the field is moving away from prescribing methadone to bupenorphine; how to manage patients prescribed methadone for opioid use disorder who then develop serious and painful illness – should we/can we split up the once daily dosing to achieve better pain control? When to consider bupenorphine vs methadone? They’re often angry.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

So the first thing, explain the diagnosis. Is the sort of task to manage. I mean, how do you negotiate that with the oncologist who is the one who consulted you, by the way, Eric, who does that go to? They’re asking you for a consultation. After a very long 1 hour consult, you’re exhausted.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? It can help prevent disability, or it can make a diagnosis and that’s it. People think of the phases of a typical clinical consultation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And so there’s one study that used Medicare beneficiary data, and when they look at diagnoses for transgender men and women compared to cisgender men and women, we see around one in five have a diagnosis of dementia in the medical record for the transgender community compared to around, like, 1 in 7, 1 in 8 versus gender people.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. Eric 12:11 And we consult psychiatry. I gotta get some sleep.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How we came about to select these articles or to have interest in this topic is really older adults are unique population that are at risk for both over diagnosis of infections as well as under diagnosis of infections. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations.

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

” I revisit the question, Eric, more than once, to try to help them engage with it, but I think at the beginning, I’ll just say, wow, this is… If it’s for somebody with a new diagnosis, let’s say, of something like cancer, “This is a big deal. Eric: Yeah. It was incredible. This is a life changer.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If you believe the evidence for efficacy to manage symptoms like neuropathic pain, how do you even start to think about recommending these products to patients? I actually do some consulting work with a company called the Farmstand that’s based in a community called the Villages in Florida. What’s changed?

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? But we know that 30% of all decedents who are Medicare beneficiaries either die from dementia or have an existing diagnosis of dementia, which is something we talk about quite often, Joel and I. Joel: Yeah. We put a lot on the surgeon here. Yep, for geriatrics?

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