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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, break down why giant cell arteritis (GCA) demands immediate action, explain how to confirm diagnosis quickly, and what same-day treatment options like upadacitinib (Rinvoq) mean for patient care. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Dr. Len Calabrese. Hello everyone.

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

FDA Law

12, 2012). “[W]hen the circumstances surrounding the presentation of a prescription would give rise to suspicion in a ‘reasonable professional,’ there is a duty to question the prescription.” Prescriptions Containing No Diagnosis or Intended Use Controlled substance prescriptions issued with a non-specific diagnosis or no diagnosis.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

If you believe the evidence for efficacy to manage symptoms like neuropathic pain, how do you even start to think about recommending these products to patients? And then I met a patient in clinic once who asked me a lot of really intelligent questions about medical cannabis, what it does. Eloise, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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

GeriPal

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. You go back home. Eric: Wait, county 911?

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

I love these topics, too, because even how do we define what is a diagnosis? Right, my answer that brings us a little bit closer to the present than my childhood. Patients families want to know whether their loved one has died. Doctors want to know whether the patient has died. Insurance companies. Icus for beds.

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