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.

Lab Testing 52

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.

Hypertension 75

Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

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. Of these interventions in those individuals. And I pretty much present it as. It just happened. Eric 27:45 Yeah.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. And so the control room is a contiguous room, but the individual rooms where the patients, the actors and the doctors are separated by a wall. Try to really understand what’s happening. They’re side to side.

Patient-Centered 112

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 112