Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. Nguyen, also the chief medical officer for care navigation with the Federation, described the innovation priorities at Kaiser Permanente.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.” The key differentiating points in who needs lab tests and who does not are: ‘acute-onset psychosis’ and ‘any abnormal findings on history or exam’.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal. 4 mcg/kg/min; onset of action is less than 5 minutes.

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