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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

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The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Michele Nypaver, MD University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA michelen@med.umich.edu Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca

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Social Risk Burden and Its Impact on Healthcare Use in IBD

Physician's Weekly

They analyzed data to estimate social risks across 6 domains—food insecurity, financial hardship, housing instability, transportation needs, education and employment, and discrimination—in adults with IBD. A greater social risk burden was linked to increased odds of unplanned healthcare utilization (severe vs none: OR, 3.5 [1.2-10.2])

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. So it’s just a wide-opening lens that most of us never really get to see if we’re on the hospital-based side. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

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This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

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She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. Make plans to safely transport the child to a tertiary care after stabilization. this video.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

And so they’re in there for a very short time, couple weeks, get a little bit stronger and transition home after a hospitalization. Eric 17:06 Think like almost 50% of nursing home decedents utilize hospice, and that number has grown over the last two decades. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. And that’s critical. Eric: Yeah.