PEMBlog

MAY 28, 2025

Renal Disease (Lupus Nephritis) Signs & Symptoms: Children may present with new-onset hypertension, edema, or decreased urine output. ED referrals are often prompted by incidental findings of proteinuria or hematuria, or clinical concerns for hypertensive encephalopathy or PRES. Symptoms may precede formal SLE diagnosis.

Diagnosis 94

Diagnosis Hypertension Complication Referral 94

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Who do we have with us today? Katie, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And I think one key part is educating the field, not just my fellow cardiologists, but also primary care doctors, geriatricians, that there’s this heart failure syndrome that is kind of sneaky, and it’s kind of difficult to diagnose any. If you have access to that, I think, is the way to go. Eric 14:10 Yeah. Was it sodium hf?

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. GPs Improve Chronic Disease Management We live in a world of aging populations, with rising chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. GPs improve chronic disease management, which prevents complications.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130