June 2020 Clinical Advisor

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Survey of Burnout, Work-Life Balance Among PAs

7 Things to Consider When Transitioning to Telemedicine During COVID-19 The dramatic and rapid expansion in telemedicine has left many clinicians scrambling. Even moreseasoned providers who had already incorporated telemedicine in their practice must learn to move the technology from the periphery to front and center of care.

Compared with other US workers, physician assistants were more likely to experience burnout, but they report better work-life integration.

Smoking Prevention Strategies Released for Teens USPSTF report found that behavioral counseling interventions with a health care clinician can have a moderate effect in preventing tobacco use in school-aged adolescents.

Declines Seen in Immunization in Children During Pandemic

THE WAITING ROOM

Official Blog of The Clinical Advisor ClinicalAdvisor.com/WaitingRoom Jim Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA Staying at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Two friends reflect on their decision to step back from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic to work from home, and whether they made the right choice.

To help keep children protected, the American Academy of Pediatrics has published new guidelines for managing well-care visits safely and efficiently during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weighing Effects of Immunosuppression for Patients With COVID-19 Reducing hyperinflammation by immunosuppression with corticosteroids or Janus kinase inhibitors in critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 should be approached with caution.

Tackling Depression, Anxiety Among Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Individuals who reported loneliness, sleep difficulties, and aggressive behavior and who took mood stabilizers were more likely to meet cutoff scores for anxiety and depression.

CASE STUDY ClinicalAdvisor.com/CaseStudy Brady Pregerson, MD Pain and Swelling in the Knee A 66-year-old man presents with a 3-day history of worsening pain and swelling in his left knee. He denies any injury other than a scrape sustained a week earlier. He denies any fever, redness or warmth to the knee, additional injuries, or other complaints. See the full case at ClinicalAdvisor.com/ CaseStudyJune20

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