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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

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Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Or is there something else going on here?

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To Care Or Not

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I dedicate this to each of you who have cared for or are currently caring for an ill parent or family member. I had just rounded the corner of one of our busier hallways near our noisy triage area to find a favorite aide leading a family from our waiting room down the hallway toward their assigned room. You get the picture, right?

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The Witness

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His transport from his house to our department had been less than ten minutes and the pre-hospital team had done an excellent job of intubating this patient and establishing an IV to begin resuscitation efforts. Lying on the hospital cot. The family doctor was called. His wife was with him. The case manager. Unresponsive.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

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Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

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Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. But w e’re going to do it a little different today. Eric 00:18 Throwing us off.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about â…“ of older adults get during a hospital stay). 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

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