The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. Had the ED not ordered a chest CT, would I have tested this patient for COVID-19? Would I’ve been able to reason my way to his underlying diagnosis from the initial data? We walked down to the emergency room and reviewed his chart.

Illness 52

Illness Diagnosis Emergency Room Diagnose 52

Vascular Physician

JUNE 27, 2021

Varicose veins often present as blue, rope-like vessels under the skin usually in the legs and feet. For proper diagnosis, a vascular specialist will complete a comprehensive evaluation that includes an ultrasound to detect varicose veins, evaluate blood flow and determine the efficiency of vein valves.

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Primary Care Physician Insurance Transportation Patients 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. What’s the Diagnosis?

Diagnosis 59

Diagnosis Physicals Hypertension Families 59

GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Now, that doesn’t mean it’s a one-to-one, and this is very hard as we see it with our patients who have done all these things. Eric: Going to some specifics, let’s go into vascular risk factors like hypertension.

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Physicals IT Hypertension Education 85

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. However, the presence of end-organ damage is the defining feature of a hypertensive emergency, rather than the absolute blood pressure value alone.

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

Vascular Physician

MARCH 29, 2022

Patient Presentation: The onset for PAA is typically insidious and asymptomatic. Occasionally patients will report unilateral pain in the lower leg on ambulation similar to peripheral arterial disease. Palpation of the artery may present with more pronounced pulsations when compared to the opposite extremity.

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Complication Screening Hypertension Patients 52

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. When I see a patient? Matthew, I get the lyrics.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In particular we spend a good deal of time talking about what this means for asymptomatic patients who may have an abnormal biomarker, which by the proposed new definition would mean they would now have Alzheimer’s disease. Jason: You could have hypertension and have no signs and symptoms. Eric: Wonderful. Jason: Oh, well.

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IT Clinic Illness Hypertension 115

PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We will review the clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, management protocols, infection control practices, and vaccination updates. Learning Objectives Understand the clinical progression of pertussis through its three distinct stages and identify key symptoms, including age-specific presentations in infants and older children.

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IT Vaccination Diagnosis Complication 52