The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- our own illness scripts) as we reason to a working diagnosis or a final diagnosis. So the illness script we developed as a first-year medical student will evolve over time. lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology). So let’s dive in!

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Illness Clinic Utilities Diagnosis 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.” These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.”

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Medical 52

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. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75