PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Now, in the pediatric emergency department, the diagnosis of reflux is primarily clinical. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. Eric: Yeah.

IT 102

IT Families Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. We might say, “Of course you’re sad, you just got a very serious diagnosis.” AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Is this a new onset depression? Is this an adjustment disorder?

Mental Health 123

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 123

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Patient-Centered 110

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 110

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And I think one key part is educating the field, not just my fellow cardiologists, but also primary care doctors, geriatricians, that there’s this heart failure syndrome that is kind of sneaky, and it’s kind of difficult to diagnose any. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF. Eric 14:10 Yeah. What is GDMT?

Primary Care 114

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 114

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

And we got this as a hospice referral, and could we, you know, take her on and support her in hospice? Just got the diagnosis based on blood tests of amyloid. Then just got the diagnosis. Hope 48:31 Minimal comfort feeding, massive education, and consider what minimal comfort feeding for even moderate dementia might look like.

IT 89

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 89