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Mental Health Crisis in Miscarriage–an Unrepresented Patient Population

The Healthcare Blog

I handed them the same box of single ply tissues I was now sobbing into, as I handed them a pen to sign their discharge paperwork. Two weeks after my emergency room discharge, I continued to live life as if nothing happened, returning to work without any healthcare follow-up to address my emotional burden. I’m sorry for your loss”.

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Beyond Stigma: Why Addressing Maternal Mental Health Means Confronting Systemic Failures

The Healthcare Blog

” Her discharge notes state Difficulty coping with anxiety for past 1-2 weeks. She presented back at the ED the day after her initial discharge with additional hemorrhage concerns. She was discharged with blood pressure medication. She delivered her baby after a 30+ hour labor culminating in postpartum hemorrhage.

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

Medical illness, other psychiatric illness, and life circumstances can lead to positive results on the PHQ-9. The FDA recently approved escitalopram for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder based on an 8-week trial that found the medication increased suicidal ideation 6.5-fold Fortunately, she was discharged the next morning.

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Primary care news round-up (13th February to 19th February 2025)

Practice Index

The response was led by Dr Claire Fuller, Primary Care Medical Director of NHS England, who said: So if you think about Practice Managers, every day [they] will get a phone call from a patient that says, If I die today, itll be your fault. 20% received appointment letters after the date of the appointment.

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NPO After Midnight: Egg Freezing Cycle as a Medical Resident

A Young Doctor's Journey

Remember, I am sharing this as a patient, not a specialist doctor – nothing is medical advice: just my experiences and what I've been told by my fertility team. My doctor recommended starting prenatal vitamins, as well as some supplements (again, not medical advice so I won't go into detail). Let's get into it.

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ICU Nurse Saves Infant Who Stopped Breathing at the Grocery Store

Scrubs

Binta Diallo was at the urgent care clinic at the local H Mart in North Carolina because her son needed a physical for football and they couldn’t get an appointment at the doctor’s office. But that’s not what happens when you encounter a medical emergency in the wild. You know the outcome,” she said.

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Highs and Lows

Sensible Medicine

Luciana Luciana’s discharge day was getting close. Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. I’ll have it done by the time I discharge.” Despite repeated pleading, she would not take any medication.