PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, the vast majority of pediatric patients with psychiatric complaints do not present with undifferentiated acute psychosis; rather, they are seen for behavioral concerns or suicidal ideation. When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients?

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

In the case presented, the patients blood pressure was significantly elevated, and she exhibited symptoms indicative of end-organ involvement, including altered mental status, headache, and nausea. 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 6, 2025

We now have biomarkers that can reasonably approximate the degree of amyloid build-up in the brain with a simple blood test. We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. But these tests were never designed to diagnose. Great to be back.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

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. We use simulation all the time in training our physicians.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 112

PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Do All Children Who Present With a Complex Febrile Seizure Need a Lumbar Puncture? Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously. Ann Emerg Med.

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Illness Vaccination Families Family 59