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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

of Canadians were at greater risk of chronic diseases due to their BMI, including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Setting The North of Lanaudière University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) Intervention Upon referral from their family doctor, patients attend a group course on nutrition and metabolic health.

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Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Early identification and intervention in behavioral aspects of chronic diseases leads to improved function with decreased healthcare utilization, yet we know little about referral patterns for behavioral support of chronic disease. 88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition.

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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Foot Wounds

Vascular Physician

Referrals to nutritional programs or specialists can be beneficial. · · Ensure appropriate hypertension management and medication. With adequate examination, referral and intervention, many of these limbs could have been saved. (1) . · Monitor patients cholesterol and prescribe statin medications when appropriate.

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Lupus Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

PEMBlog

Renal Disease (Lupus Nephritis) Signs & Symptoms: Children may present with new-onset hypertension, edema, or decreased urine output. ED referrals are often prompted by incidental findings of proteinuria or hematuria, or clinical concerns for hypertensive encephalopathy or PRES.

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Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Vascular Physician

1, 3) Primary care providers should consider referral to a vascular specialist when the severity of symptoms become lifestyle debilitat-ing or progress to critical limb ischemia (CLI), which is defined as the presentation of rest pain, non-healing wounds, or gangrene. (1,

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Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Results: The proportion of patients with a premium billed for diabetes or hypertension was highest in small urban areas, but lower amongst patients with SMI across all three geographic settings, with particularly low values in metro.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Eric: This comes down to also like, if I find… As an oncologist, somebody has very high hypertension, is it my role to control that hypertension? Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time?” Most oncologists would say no.

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