PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. 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.

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have seen a patient and discovered additional diagnoses after they had been to urgent care. Why Do I Need a Primary Care Physician?

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

While elevated blood pressure readings are critical data points, the presence of symptoms and signs of end-organ dysfunction are paramount in diagnosing a hypertensive emergency (Kamat 2024). Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It also feels like, I also grew up in med school in a three hospital system. There’s the variation between the hospitals, feels like there’s cultural issues that play a role. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And I wonder as you think about that and as you think about pain being a vital sign, every shift in the hospital people are asking if they’re having pain, we’re going in there asking people, “Are you hurting?

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