PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Endoscopy, upper GI and endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing gastritis. A key feature of gastritis is the timing of pain.

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Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But oftentimes, a therapist has deeper training and really history of trauma and specific diagnoses, versus a coach may be a little bit more future-focused and really works with people, regardless of whether they’re having any diagnosable challenge at the moment. We’re doing a lot of interactive relationship building.

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Board-Certified IT Primary Care Referral 110

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. Yes, over diagnosed in older adults are about right.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. So just starting to unpack what’s happening in an individual’s life can maybe then lead to more conversations and assessment.

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IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. I often say that doulas are mirrors.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

If you know that there’s a group that you don’t treat even after they’re diagnosed, it causes anxiety, but you’re not causing them harms from treatment. So I’m actually interested in also trying to help women who’ve been diagnosed figure out what to do too. Meanwhile, there is risk to the procedure.

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Screening PCP PCP IT 99