PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, the vast majority of pediatric patients with psychiatric complaints do not present with undifferentiated acute psychosis; rather, they are seen for behavioral concerns or suicidal ideation. When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

In the case presented, the patients blood pressure was significantly elevated, and she exhibited symptoms indicative of end-organ involvement, including altered mental status, headache, and nausea. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses.

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Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Overtreatment leads to hospitalizations, undertreatment leads to disease progression. And for some of them, the stays in hospitals are a month long. We can figure out how to keep them in the hospital for a month, or do all these other imaging tests, but we can’t do this one thing. Mazie: Yes. Mazie: Oh, for sure.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It also feels like, I also grew up in med school in a three hospital system. There’s the variation between the hospitals, feels like there’s cultural issues that play a role. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Eric: Yeah.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111