Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. positive, neutral, and negative impact) are presented for 17 types of outcomes. Twenty-nine types of outcomes are qualitatively documented. Descriptive statistics (e.g.,

General Practitioner 130

General Practitioner Lab Testing Relationship Family Physician 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

In the reasoning process, we use illness scripts to compare and contrast a patient’s clinical presentation (i.e., lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology). shortness of breath is present in heart failure and pneumonia). Differentiating feature: a feature shared among other similar conditions but not present in many diseases.

Illness 52

Illness Clinic Utilities Diagnosis 52

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

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

We used a large online survey panel, the Ipsos Knowledge Panel, and we presented older adults with two vignettes. And after each vignette, we presented seven rationales that a trusted clinician could use to explain why the person should stop taking that medicine. ” Ariel: Exactly. Ariel: Yes. And costs you money.

Specialization 105

Specialization Medical Patient-Centered Provider 105

FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

This comprehensive bill would create a single category of In Vitro Clinical Tests (IVCTs), that would subsume both distributed assays (traditional in vitro diagnostic devices) and LDTs. (If Rand Paul, The CDC royally messed up COVID testing and is now botching monkeypox testing , The Washington Examiner (Aug.

Lab Testing 98

Lab Testing Government IT Manufacturing 98

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. And I pretty much present it as. Well, not recently, like six months, a year ago. It just happened.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97