PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? There is abundant evidence showing that routine lab tests in such patients have a very low yield and are not indicated, in adults as well as in children. Routine laboratory testing does not need to be performed.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 16, 2025

Determine the likely cause : The doctor will diagnose whether it’s likely a viral infection, bacterial illness, allergies, or another condition. Tell the doctor if you’ve had other recent illnesses or allergies. Both viral and bacterial illnesses—and even allergies—can cause green or yellow mucus.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

(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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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

I enjoy seeing patients for all kinds of visits as well – mental health, physicals, GYN concerns, coughs/colds, etc. A primary care doctor knows your entire health history, so we may see your illness/problem in a different light. A primary care doctor’s goal is to help you prevent illness, not just treat you when you are sick.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I just had lab tests done. I didn’t know which lab test got my lab tests looked on there. All of a sudden, as a 49 year old, I see I have a PSA on my lab test. Most of the public wants to have access to treatments and interventions that might help them forestall a devastating illness.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Try to really understand what’s happening.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Like yourself, when I was a resident, and pain has been shaped in our mind as being a purely physical sensation, especially on the clinical side, where this idea that pain is complex and that pain is as much an emotion as much as physical sensation is not really something we are trained to do. Haider: That was a great story.

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