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.” These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.”

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

During our post-medical school residency years, we are trained by many different types of doctors including pediatricians, OB/GYNs, surgeons, psychiatrists, neurologists, ENTs and more. Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies.

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Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Medicine 52

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. Labetalol dosing: 0.2-1

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

So most of our medical schools have simulation centers. I think the first time I noticed it was, like as a medical student when you would rotate on one service with one attending and they would make decisions about how to treat a case one way. It also feels like, I also grew up in med school in a three hospital system.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. I thought I couldn’t finish medical school. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.

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Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 105