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Booking a Canadian Endocrinologist for Online Follow-Ups

Dr. Zaar

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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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

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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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

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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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

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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