Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Most platforms follow these steps: Choose a Telehealth Platform Trusted services like Maple, Tia Health, and TELUS Health offer endocrinology consultations. Register and Share Medical History You’ll fill out forms with past diagnoses, medications, lab results, and symptoms.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.” The key differentiating points in who needs lab tests and who does not are: ‘acute-onset psychosis’ and ‘any abnormal findings on history or exam’.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. If available at your institution, urine NGAL, Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin, is an excellent early marker for acute kidney injury (as this protein is released directly by the kidney).

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

This episode is all about febrile seizures, one of the most common neurological problems that you will see in the emergency department in children. And you know what? I’m going to structure this episode like a bit of a question and answer session. I’ll ask a question, and then I’ll answer it. And why does the complex heterogeneity?

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