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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Illness Script

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- So the illness script we developed as a first-year medical student will evolve over time. This will solidify your knowledge of the condition and increase the utility of your Illness script. lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology). Objectives: 1.-

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.” These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.”

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want to: A Bittersweet Happy 30th Birthday to LDTs

FDA Law

3, 1992) (“It has come to the attention of FDA that laboratories have been manufacturing, “home brew” products, either from products already on the market, or from components, and utilizing these unapproved products for diagnostic purposes. These products are subject to the same regulatory requirements as any unapproved medical device”).

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Secondary hypertension is the more common cause of the two and is related to renal, cardiac, pulmonary, oncologic, endocrine, or autoimmune pathologies, in addition to medication side effects. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. Labetalol dosing: 0.2-1