Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Recent research showed that ICU statin therapy was associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis. In subgroup analysis, this beneficial effect was consistent across the different baseline characteristics of patients,” the authors noted. day), total hospitalization (+1.44

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Thus, we explored how Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) defined culture and how it shaped screening, assessment, and treatment of behavioral health conditions in racially and ethnically marginalized patients in IPC settings. Design/Instrument: This qualitative phenomenological study included piloted semi-structured interviews.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Induction is the brief, intense period when patients receive initial buprenorphine doses. Differences in patient and practice experiences with induction methods may influence patients’ successful transition to stabilization and long-term maintenance treatment. Funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. What the Patients Said According to the study, three key themes emerged: Negative encounters dominated. Isbell, PhD , of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 4, 2023

Critically ill COVID-19 patients often have antibodies in their blood that bind to the body's own structures, so-called autoantibodies. Scientists from the BIH at Charité and the Max Delbrück Center have now discovered that these autoantibodies frequently bind to not just one but multiple targets.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

One of the largest problems in our ER, it seems, is that there is a subset of patients who visit us on a routine basis. Commonly known as "the regulars," these familiar faces are sprinkled throughout our day between all our other patient visits. It seems like most of these patients simply exist in our society without participation.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To pilot a novel approach pairing a light-touch parenting intervention for patients with young children with a standard primary care clinic protocol for screening and addressing depression. Depressive symptoms were measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire. Study Design: Mixed-method (survey and focus group).

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. This way, you can get the treatment and medication you need faster.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Describe the role of medical control in determining destination and goals of safe transport This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

On June 9, Kennedy fired a panel of scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and later replaced them with some who have been skeptical of vaccines. “Season in and season out,” Schaffner said, “it produces outbreaks of serious respiratory illness that rivals influenza.” Kennedy Jr.,

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 8, 2020

She covers practical aspects of evaluating patients including appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and finishes this segment with clinical exam/laboratory/imaging findings. Characteristics and Outcomes of 21 Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in Washington State. Clin Exp Pediatr 2020; 63 (4): 125-132.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The COVID pandemic disrupted global healthcare, impacting academic medical centers (AMCs) in the United States, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of its effects on healthcare delivery and utilization. Changes in mortality rate peaked during COVID but have seemingly decreased back to pre-COVID levels.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 5, 2023

Boot Camp: PHASE TWO Or, Emergencies and Assessing Them This week, we will look at two highly anticipated videos, Electrolyte Emergencies by Dr. Eleanor Lederer and Assessing the Seriously Ill Patient by Dr. David Nunley. Are you a resident or medical student looking to learn practical, evidence based approaches to your patients?

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As a doctor with experience in both primary care and urgent care , I’ve seen firsthand how urgent care centers have become a lifeline for many patients. Minor fractures, infections, cuts requiring stitches, and flu-like symptoms are all things urgent care centers can treat. Why Choose Urgent Care?

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Dr. Smith shares the stories of several patients he met during residency and his early years in practice who illustrate the bad outcomes that accompany not attending to patient's emotions and focusing solely on their physical problems. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. Beyond time savings, ambient AI can enhance the quality of our patient interactions. The result?

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Ideas and stories are gaining clarity in their stew pot, gently being brewed and tenderly stirred by my gaining energy and renewed attention to the complex range of fragile emotions and simple beauties that envelope a typical work day in a busy trauma center. I looked more closely at this patient. Penile discharges, though?

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In recent years, one of the most intriguing shifts has been the rise of concierge medicine—a model that’s redefining how patients interact with their healthcare providers. A concierge doctor checking the medicine for the patients." The answer lies in their approach to patient care. What is Concierge Medicine? "A

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Government. McEnany, Olutosin Ojugbele, Julie R. Doherty, Jennifer L. McLaren, JoAnna K.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. Alex: And we have Cathy Alessi, who is a geriatrician, Director of the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Center at the VA, greater Los Angeles and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Insomnia sucks. Chronic insomnia sucks even more. Brienne: Yeah.

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. Government.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the classic and atypical clinical presentations of Parvovirus B19 infection in pediatric patients, including erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, transient aplastic crisis, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised hosts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. StatPearls , NCBI Bookshelf, Jun.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology, and complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, including its atypical manifestations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Oct. Clin Infect Dis 2019; 68:13.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 21, 2025

Types of sleep disorders Poor sleep is possible from an underlying illness or disorder. Sleep apnea patients can benefit from continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines for optimal breathing. The post Sleep Disorders: Improving Rest For Better Overall Health appeared first on Center for Family Medicine - Sherman Texas.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 8, 2019

Just a few days ago, I finished yet another string of four hectic shifts in the ER of our incredibly busy trauma center. If I didn't laugh about a drunk patient vomiting on me or a patient having an accident during a rectal exam, I would never have survived my job for the past 22 years. "Sometimes s**t just happens." The reason?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ). in the usual care group.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Diagnostic yield of head CT in pediatric emergency department patients with acute psychosis or hallucinations. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Government.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Learn tangible ways to center the Indigenous communities in advocacy efforts at the interpersonal and institutional level. Indigenous Peoples continue to suffer disproportionately from health inequities, mental illness, poverty, climate change and police brutality, all of which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. How do we reduce barriers to access for palliative care, and how do we ensure that people with serious illness and palliative care needs really get that care? We are not an extra layer of support. We are actually the integrator.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. And I think that we’re at this kind of crossroads right now in dysphagia, and dysphagia management where our patients are suffering. We revisit it, and make things better for our patients.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Inbar Plaut PEM Fellow at UMASS Chan Medical School | UMASS Memorial Children’s Medical Center IG handle(s): @inbar.y, @umasspem Co-author: Zachary Binder The Case A 2-month-old male presents with 2-days of reluctance to move the right lower extremity. No recent illnesses or any other symptoms. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(3):242-253.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. But how to talk to patients about the risk and benefits when starting. Welcome, Ariel.

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AMMD

MARCH 27, 2025

In contrast, we in functional medicine view the body as a whole unit working together — with your gut being the center of it all. (1) Leaky gut syndrome is a condition that can set you on the path to chronic illness. Many patients see their lab results improve. They view the body as a group of different systems.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A few days back, a video went viral on social media in which a resident doctor (a doctor who is undergoing post-graduation / PG doctor) was shouting at the bystander of a patient. For example, a PG doctor, while examining a case, will be asked to collect blood test results from the lab and to accompany a patient for a CT scan after that.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. And the person with dementia, the patient, said yes. It is progressive.

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