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Brain cells mimic muscle signaling to enhance learning and memory

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This movie shows 3D renderings of these structures in high-resolution 3D electron microscopy images of fruit fly neurons. The new research finds that the endoplasmic reticulum and the plasma membrane form contact sites where specialized molecules control the release of calcium, which regulates the signals sent along the dendrite to the soma.

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

FDA Law Blog

An extended release (“ER”) opioid in legitimate pain management generally accompanies an IR opioid, with patients taking the ER opioid on a set schedule and the IR opioid as needed. Immediate Release Opioids A prescription for immediate release (“IR”) opioids on a set schedule or for a certain length of time. Complaint ¶ 64.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? Corita 09:39 Yeah, so we used the electronic health record, I think, in support. And so we did a similar intervention but using electronic means.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

So, again, to reinforce, since IEMs have very specific non specific presentations, the goal in the ER is not to specifically diagnose the IEM. If the patient has a metabolic plan, whether it’s in their electronic medical record and or in their carrier gibbous fans. So get the ABCs, start D10.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

I think a lot of back office function, predicting ER loads and OR loads to do better scheduling of staff. That’s a risk with electronic health records in general. And it happened, and it happened in large part, as you note, because of enormous stimulus from the US government for health systems to adopt electronic health records.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. The intention was to place it in the beds in nursing homes. That’s why we did it. Now I’ve got 45 year olds asking.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

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