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Online Management of Menstrual Irregularities in Canada

Dr. Zaar

Virtual consultations save time, reduce travel, and offer privacy. Next, they may attend a video consultation. If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Patients describe symptoms, cycle patterns, and other health concerns.

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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? There is abundant evidence showing that routine lab tests in such patients have a very low yield and are not indicated, in adults as well as in children. Decades ago, psychiatric complaints in the pediatric ED were infrequent.

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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

Simple febrile seizures do not require neurology consults or admissions. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously. to have any central nervous system abnormalities seen on imaging, nor any significant metabolic or infectious abnormalities seen on targeted lab testing. You can do this.

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