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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

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.” These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.”

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. So why are physicians experiencing physical and mental collapse from overwork?

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

During our post-medical school residency years, we are trained by many different types of doctors including pediatricians, OB/GYNs, surgeons, psychiatrists, neurologists, ENTs and more. Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Recognizing Hypertensive Emergencies The end-organ dysfunction component of this diagnosis presents as particular symptoms, physical exam findings, or laboratory and imaging results. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. He had a very aggressive lymphoma, highly aggressive, with a lot of different medical conditions. I slowly introduced higher doses as he recovered from his medical conditions that were acute.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

So most of our medical schools have simulation centers. I think the first time I noticed it was, like as a medical student when you would rotate on one service with one attending and they would make decisions about how to treat a case one way. It also feels like, I also grew up in med school in a three hospital system.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. I thought I couldn’t finish medical school. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.