Posts Tagged ‘Visits’
In May 2010, Bethel College (IN) student Joshua Lukas visited with William Rhine, MD, neonatologist at Packard Children’s Hospital and professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. Joshua wanted to thank Dr. Rhine for the care and inspiration he provided when Joshua was born with pulmonary hypertension in 1989. In this video, Joshua and Dr. Rhine discuss treatment, including ECMO, and Joshua’s hopes to have a career in medicine.
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- Primary symptoms of pulmonary hypertension | Health Guidance for better health
- Quick Pulmonary Hypertension Overview | COMLEX USMLE Board Review Blogger
- ICD Coding Changes Lead to Profound Declines in Reported Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mortality and Hospitalizations: Implications for Database Studies. « Medicine JournalFeeds
Frequent Doctor Visits Help Diabetics Control Blood Pressure
Patients, physicians should communicate more — either in person, by phone or Internet, researchers say.
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- Frequent doctor visits can help diabetics control BP more quickly
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Reporting of Kidney Function Measurement Linked with Increase in Visits to Specialists
With a concern that the automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR; the flow rate of filtered fluid through the kidney, which is used to define the stage and severity of chronic kidney disease) may result in unnecessary referrals by physicians, new research indicates that automated laboratory reporting was associated with a significant increase in first-time visits to a …
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- Reporting of Kidney Function Measurement Linked with Increase in Visits to Specialists | Health
- About CKD « Save Their Kidneys – Prevent Chronic Kidney Disease
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Nephrology Visits and Health Care Resource Use Before and After Reporting Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate …
Context Laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been widely implemented, with limited evaluation. Objective To examine trends in nephrologist visits and health care resource use before and after estimated GFR reporting. Design, Setting, and Patients Community-based cohort study (N=1135968) with time-series analysis. Participants were identified from a …
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- Renal outcomes with different fixed-dose combination therapies in patients with hypertension at high risk for cardiovascular events (ACCOMPLISH): a prespecified secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial | Nephrology Now
- About CKD « Save Their Kidneys – Prevent Chronic Kidney Disease
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) and NM Renal DMSA Living Kidney Donation evaluation tests | livingkidneydonation.co.uk
