PA Boards 24: Headache!

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PA Boards 24: Headache!

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Mar 13, 2014

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Diagnosing and treating headaches can definitely be a problem, especially for the physcian assistant student. Thats not to say that even practicing clinicians breeze right through it. But, today well go over how to diagnosis and how to treat these patients. Its not as scary as you might think!

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Mar 13, 2014

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PA Boards 02: Chest Pain: In this session, I review a general apprach to the person complaining of chest pain. Before you can say this patient, has a benign etiology, you must first rule out the dangerous causes of cehst pain. by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 30: Rheumatoid Arthritis: PhysicianAssistantBoards.com - Rheumatoid Arthritis is extremely common. I have encountered this many times, and this can be a very debilitating disease. As you know, the boards like to test common things, so make sure you know this... by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 19: Insulin Dosing: Lets talk about when to start insulin, but most importantly how to dose insulin. Hopefully things will make a lot more sense on how to get your patients started on insulin by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 18: Neonatal Hyperbilirubemia: Lets discuss physiologic, brest feeding, breast milk, and pathologic jaundice. Also, what are we going to do with these patients? by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 14: Antibiotics: Quick pharmacology review of antibiotics. Know your contraindications! by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 36: Gout: PhysicianAssistantBoards.com - Lets talk GOUT! Signs, symptoms, testing,and treatment. Remember HCTZ and ASA can increase uric acid levels. Losartan, vitamin C, and fenofibrate can actually lower uric acid levels. But, listen to the... by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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PA Boards 22: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Lets review the clinical picture, the diagnosis, and the treatment. Sexually transmitted diseases are incredibly common, therefore knowing this is beneficial to all clinicians. by Medgeeks Clinical Review Podcast
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