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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. ” And he says, “It’s in the emergency room.”

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. People would present with horrible opportunistic infections, not just pneumocystis pneumonia, but CNS infections with toxoplasmosis and wasting syndrome, of course. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I think that study was really important, especially I think the message that I give people is you can do something as simple as calling a consultation and improve quality of life months later. Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

That put me in the emergency room. I actually do some consulting work with a company called the Farmstand that’s based in a community called the Villages in Florida. Eloise 36:49 I would first present to you what I think your options are. And I started to use cannabis, and it helped me get off all of my medications.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. No, I mean, I think I had the initial feeling or thought about this being present after I learned about it and were thoughtful with senior mentors about it. Or was that just the lingering conversations? You just knew it?

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Caroline: I want to throw in a geropsych aspect, where this kind of Venn diagram between geriatrics, palliative care, nursing home care; as a geropsych consultant in over 100 nursing homes in three states, I found this issue all the time where the staff are just like, “This person with advanced dementia is pulling out their feeding tube.