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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are diagnosed in 150,000 Ontarians annually, resulting in disruptions to work, school, and sport. ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management.

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Medical Music Mondays: Sorry About the Wait (Urgent Care)

PEMBlog

All of the lyrics are my original creations and inspired by the original work The music was then created on the Udio AI music platform I utilized Adobe Photoshop and Image_Creators AI images on the Poe Platform to create the album art and background images I then edited the final video on Final Cut Pro

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Messaging for patients and families When children have a viral respiratory illness, it is usually pretty self evident based on their symptoms e.g. runny nose, cough, congestion. JAMA Pediatr.

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

PEMBlog

They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Patients with psychosis caused by medical illness usually have abnormal vital signs, altered mental status, and impaired orientation with compromised intellectual function. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare. Health Aff (Millwood).

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Disparities in Post-COVID Conditions among Persons with Disabilities: Findings from Primary Care Patients, 2019-2022 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Persons with disabilities were more likely to experience serious illness, death, and adverse consequences by the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: Compare the incidence of post-COVID conditions (PCC) by pre-pandemic diagnosed by the type of disability. 95% CI 0.51, 0.7)

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

You see something on a bedside swallow, or on a FEES, you’re diagnosing what you think it is. Eric: So let me ask you this, Rale, because I feel like, it could be wrong, but the most common time where we start diagnosing dysphagia is during a hospital stay. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint?

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness. Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . Katie, before we jump into the topic of buprenorphine in serious illness, what’s the song request?

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