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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Pre and Posttest Probability – Jack Penner

The Clinical Problem Solvers

As you walk down to the ER, you’re already creating a list of possible diagnoses in your mind. This new framing of diagnostic likelihood is your posttest probability , or the probability of each diagnosis after initial diagnostic tests have returned. You may even pull up your schemas for pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

Lack of Individual Drug Therapy Pattern prescribing can occur when physicians prescribe the same drugs, in the same quantities, in the same strengths to their patients, or a patient receives the same controlled substances repeatedly with no adjustment or change in therapy. Complaint ¶ 58. Complaint ¶ 60. Complaint ¶ 61.

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Yes, yes, y'all.

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

A teeny, tiny nudge toward a seemingly insignificant fork in the road that moves the patient inches away from a giant cliff. And yes, I said "y'all" because I think easy and calm learning and working climates help us think easier and take better care of patients like you. Like any patient who comes before us. This was different.

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Tips for Immediate Azento and EV

CDOCS

</p> <p>In this case, the patient was referred for an evaluation with suspicion of a fracture; the referring doc was unable to do find the fracture, and after I looked at her I could not locate it either. When the patient came in for surgery she looked like this:</p> <p>[image:2.jpg]</p>

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2024;154(1):e2024066854.

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. Be patient when you are frustrated. Wear your smile often.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. Patients who have a trusted primary care doctor are more likely to follow medical advice, manage their chronic conditions effectively, and ultimately enjoy better health outcomes.

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