A Country Doctor Writes

APRIL 5, 2025

I ordered some lab tests, including a sed rate. Before he ever got the test, he ended up in the emergency room with pneumonia. That could have explained the abnormal lab result. It came back at 100 mm, five times the normal limit. I ordered a CT of his abdomen to look for kidney cancer.

Medical 130

Medical Emergency Room Lab Testing Appointment 130

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Some family doctors choose to do a fellowship and are trained more specifically to do more advanced surgical procedures, deliver babies (including C-sections), work on public policy and advocacy, work in an emergency room, and the list goes on. Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider. Haider: Thank you guys so much for having me back.

Patient-Centered 106

Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 106