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A Comprehensive Guide to CT-Angiogram of the Heart-Part 1

Rao Doctor

A CT-angiogram of the heart, commonly referred to as cardiac CT angiography, is a sophisticated imaging technique that utilizes computed tomography (CT) technology to visualize the arteries of the heart, called the coronary arteries and assess blood flow within the heart. Understanding CT-Angiogram What is CT-Angiogram?

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

I’m a dementia specialist, and so what I was experiencing was that many people were coming to see me to get a diagnosis of a very straightforward case of mild Alzheimer’s or moderate Alzheimer’s disease, whose doctors had told them there was nothing wrong with them or that their memory was better than my own, says the doctor.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint? The post Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Eric: Great.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

By diagnosis? They need, they need some, a little bit of information and probably a little more than that, what we like to call an edge. Because we know information provision, I think it was the support trial, even giving them information about poor prognoses didn’t change their practice. Kate: A diagnosis.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%).

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

So I do think it’s useful to have that additional information. Gretchen Schwarze like surgery, four things, live longer, feel better, be more functional, make a diagnosis. We do have the information of both our emergent call center and our electronic methods to access those forms. Do you find that helpful, that section?

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

And then, I did a lot of introspection and realized that I’ve actually been doing this for folks in an informal way, family church members and friends, but I didn’t do it so well with my own mother. ” I spent 32 years in information technology, would you believe, and switched over to this full time a few years ago.

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