Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

It presents in different ways. It presents across multiple domains of disease. So for example, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis dactylitis, skin involvement, axial disease, no one PSA patient presents the same exact way. PSA, psoriatic arthritis is a heterogeneous disease.

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Diagnosis Patients Provider Physicals 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Constipation is a clinical diagnosis and does not require testing, yet as many as 70% of children who are given a diagnosis of constipation in the emergency department have an abdominal x-ray completed. The diagnosis of constipation should be made based on a good history and clinical exam.

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Diagnosis Diagnose Hospital Clinic 122

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Objectives Define likelihood ratios and their utility in diagnostic reasoning Identify how likelihood ratios alter the probability of a diagnosis Apply likelihood ratios in clinical reasoning What are likelihood ratios and how do they work? A LR > 1 increases the probability of a specific diagnosis.

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Clinic Diagnosis Hypertension Patients 52

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. However, the impact of such resources has not yet been deeply explored.

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Asthma Electronics Utilities Clinical Practice 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

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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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

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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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 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. Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies.

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75