Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

I’m a rheumatologist by training and I have the privilege of leading rheumatology medical affairs for the US immunology business here at Johnson & Johnson. And of course that structural damage that progresses over time then can translate then into limitations with respect to physical function.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 10, 2025

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Also, while evidence for lab evaluation based on history and exam findings was established for adults, children were considered to have a medical etiology (organic psychosis) until proven otherwise. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

Every year, thousands of medical school graduates go unmatched. If you’re a 4th year medical student who is unmatched at this point, my advice is the following: Focus on securing a one year preliminary or transitional year position! What if I fail to match into any position?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality. These factors include a high-protein diet, muscle mass, creatinine generation, and certain medications. link] Tsai J.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The recommendations in the draft guidance address: The wording of UTH claims based on RSS for use on adult maintenance cat food labeling; The RSS criteria to substantiate those UTH claims; and The study data that CVM recommends to demonstrate the utility and target animal safety of the cat food.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Numerous studies have found that radiographs performed in these clinical conditions rarely reveal information necessitating a change in ED management despite high CXR utilization and wide variation in both children’s specialty hospitals and general EDs. Evaluation of the utility of radiography in acute bronchiolitis. PMID: 28763554.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Selecting the appropriate medications, if necessary, is of paramount importance. The lack of utility of laboratory testing in children with an unprovoked generalized seizure, or a simple febrile seizure is supported by several observational studies. Occult trauma Any trauma that is not seen on your physical (e.g.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lenz, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA introduced electronic copies (eCopies) of 510(k)s in 2013 (see our prior blogs here and here ) as a way to reduce the need for submission of paper copies of 510(k)s to the Agency. This pilot program, which utilized FDA’s eSubmitter electronic submission template, ended in May 2021.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

It was alleged that other employees administered the medication to patients even after observing signs of tampering, although no patients were reported harmed. years for admitting to committing similar crimes from July to November 2020, while subsequently employed by the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. We’re very datified.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements. Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Nicole: Yeah, I think definitely delirium, but there are also a lot of medical conditions that can be specific to hospitalizations. Are medications part of that, too? So, a lot of medications, you can see the secondary effects of dysphagia causing those, as well. We’ll also look at cognitive status, medications.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2022

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Anne K. FDA has model recall communication templates available here that firms can utilize. By Philip Won & Lisa M. But the more prepared a company is for a potential recall, the less pressure it will feel when a situation necessitates taking action.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Race and the Utilization of Security Responses in a Hospital Setting. Orlando, FL.

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PEMBlog

MAY 15, 2023

History and physical examination are critical components to any emergency department evaluation but are especially helpful in syncope patients. Your history and medication reconciliation will assist in determining acquired vs congenital variants. A review of red-flag symptoms can be found in the linked PEMBlog post.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This order involves cellular creation, utilization, division, regulation, and disintegration. Medical experts categorize them according to the location of the cancer. In my interview with Dr. Nasha Winters , we discuss the monumental shift taking place in the medical community. What Is Cancer? Something this process goes wrong.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. They were stunned by the number of calls for lift assistance for older adults who had fallen. laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast! Carmen: Thank you.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Recognizing Hypertensive Emergencies The end-organ dysfunction component of this diagnosis presents as particular symptoms, physical exam findings, or laboratory and imaging results. 3 mg/kg/hr; onset of action is less than 5 minutes, and the duration of medication lasts between 2-6 hours. Labetalol dosing: 0.2-1

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Houck — Scheduling Criteria Under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) Schedule I: • High potential for abuse; • No currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S.; and • Lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. and • Abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. Deaths due to physical restraint. Physical and chemical restraints. Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2012 Jan;109(3):27-32.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. ’ Though it often does not come with the attending salary, medical trainees are getting paid to perform a service, and hospitals provide retirement plans to these individuals. So yes, humans make mistakes.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Within hours of recording this podcast, I joined a family meeting of an older patient who had multiple medical problems including cancer, and a slow but inexorable decline in function, weight, and cognition. Tamra: I wrote this… Eric: Thinking that the perceived role for inpatient physical therapist is a discharge consultant.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Eric: Yeah.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Brad’s not a pediatric medical geneticist. So my special guest host on this episode is a trainee in pediatrics and medical genetics. And you’re thinking, hey! No, I’m not.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

They are recruiting for a Medical Director of Palliative Care Services to lead and grow innovative outpatient and inpatient palliative care programs. It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. But that’s palliative care psychiatry.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

Tobolowsky & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sarah Wicks & Deborah L. DAP Content In developing DAPs, the Draft Guidance recommends that sponsors consider whether certain demographic groups may have a different response to a medical product regarding either effectiveness or safety. 360j(g)(9)(A)).

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Nathan: I have drawn for my entire life, but I gave up cartoons because I thought I had to during medical school and residency. But if you look at my lecture notes from medical school, it’s just plastered with cartoons and doodles. I thought doctors are serious, cartoons are not serious. It was in there just trying to escape.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

I was always critical care bound since medical school. I’m controlling everything your placebo versus medication trials. And I actually think the cool thing about a needs-based approach would allow us to better utilize the service. Or there’s physical symptom needs. Kate: So it was a little windy path.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. Medical Assistance in Dying and Palliative Care: Shared Trajectories Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that.

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Mere Mortal MD

MARCH 22, 2025

Nine months later, after lots of rest, sleeping in a recliner, physical therapy, and medications, his back miraculously healed without needing surgery. I had to write a letter explaining the nature of her medical condition, to see if a doctor’s note would help him get into their financial accounts. Hallelujah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” Really important person, who later in his life got very interested in healthcare.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management. That is correct.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. They were slightly mischaracterized.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care.

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