PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Well cover its clinical presentation, epidemiology, diagnostic approach, and management, including why standard beta-lactam antibiotics wont work. Learning Objectives Describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology, and complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, including its atypical manifestations.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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. Conjunctiva normal.

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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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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. And the presentation for GERD varies by age. Now there are some risk factors for GERD.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 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?

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

And because we can’t resist, we dip into aducanumab and lecanemab at the end. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera. Kristine, do you have a song request for Alex? Kristine: Well, I did have a song, but I was negligent at giving it to him. So, he tried to read my mind… Eric: What was your song?

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. But then there is incontinence, which is the same term, same word, but actually presents as a geriatric syndrome. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” I do like that one.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Many of the children you will evaluate during your shift are among the estimated 10 million United States (US) ED visits made by children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup, the most common pediatric respiratory conditions presenting to acute care settings.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, the vast majority of pediatric patients with psychiatric complaints do not present with undifferentiated acute psychosis; rather, they are seen for behavioral concerns or suicidal ideation. These presentations include behavior concerns, depression, anxiety, and harm to self or others. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

How we came about to select these articles or to have interest in this topic is really older adults are unique population that are at risk for both over diagnosis of infections as well as under diagnosis of infections. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Nevertheless, PG doctors have to work 80 to 100 hours a week without any holidays and this tiring schedule does affect their physical and mental health. This may result in errors in the diagnosis of the patient whom the doctor was examining initially. Still, our basic demands like fair pay, proper working hours, weekly off, etc.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

In case you have missed it, click below to read- FEVER FAQ- Part 1 Fever Diagnosis: How is your health assessed? When assessing a fever, we doctors employ a systematic approach to ensure accurate diagnosis and effective management. Understanding the patient’s medical history is crucial for an accurate diagnosis.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eric 00:27 So we’re going to be talking about making the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in a primary care setting, not specialty care, but maybe we could talk a little bit about that. How much should it change how we think about making a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in primary care? Great to be back. I loved it.

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Mere Mortal MD

JUNE 5, 2025

Apoptosis is a crucial way for our cell lines to maintain their health and function throughout our lives, which translates into our own personal physical health. It’s during these conversations that I feel the most present and satisfied in my work. The Immortal Cell by Gerald B Dermer. But not so for my patient.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

But often what we’re talking about is this experience that we can describe physically inside of our body, the sensation that we’re having as we’re anticipating that things may go wrong or badly in some kind of way. So it tends to be future oriented and tends to show up as a physical sensation in our body.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

However, lack of physical presence may make this contender struggle to land the emotional support punch that is at the very heart of palliative care. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. But watch out! Travel time can leave this champ vulnerable to fatigue and no-shows. Vicki 02:10 Thank you.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. This is not highly scripted orchestral music, people, its Jazz. -S Tyler 01:12 AHPM.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen? I like that song.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Eric and I remember him from that time and he’s now at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he is associate professor in the department of social and behavioral health. Jace, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Jace 00:37 Thank you so much, Alex and Eric, it’s nice to be here with you. Eric 01:21 Why’d you choose this song?

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I was in a strange place with no physical family support, yet again. The pathology was so vast, it was unbelievable to anyone not physically there and barely believable to those present. If you do, touch real wood. Don’t wear bright colors on call, it invites trouble. At first, it was riveting. What a woman. What a nurse.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. 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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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Unfortunately, we lack the financial structures to reimburse psychologists that would incentivize widespread inclusion on palliative care teams. Because we live in the world as it is, not as it should be, Des has helped develop an app ( link to pilot trial hot off the press !) ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ve also invited two amazing cardiologists, Parag Goyal and Nicole Superville, to join us about GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and in Heart Failure with preserved EF (HFpEF). He’s in Boston. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Excited to be here.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She is a member of the Clinical Genome Resource Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) Clinical Domain Working Group, where as a biocurator she assesses the pathogenicity of variants in IEM-associated genes to facilitate expedited genetic diagnosis for IEMs. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. Pediatr Rev.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications?

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Early diagnosis is crucial as it can impact a child’s growth and development. Learn all about diagnosis and management of this common problem in this brief podcast episode. But it might underestimate it because lots of mild cases don’t actually present clinically, and they’re not diagnosed endoscopically.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How we came about to select these articles or to have interest in this topic is really older adults are unique population that are at risk for both over diagnosis of infections as well as under diagnosis of infections. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? As Keri put it in the podcast, we must go beyond “a hammer and a nail” philosophy to approaching anger by developing a toolkit for anger that is vast and varied. Is that you Dani? Dani: It is me. Dani: It’s true.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. It is the slippery slope made real. Oh my gosh.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Additional links to simulation studies: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Theoretical underpinnings: [link] Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. We’re going to define what that is and how it applies to the work that we do. But before we go into that, Amber, I think you got a song request for Alex. Amber: I do. You know what?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. We discuss the following: What is Palliative Psychiatry (and how is it different from Palliative Care Psychiatry)? What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness?

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Areej 03:50 So at the state of the science, I was actually presenting a study that was focused on addressing sexual health concerns in transplant survivors, and I actually told the story of the state of the science for those of you who were there. Is that an issue for you? I’m happy to talk about it at any time.” Here’s a little bit.

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