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In light of recent measles outbreaks in the US, would you recommend an MMR booster for immunocompetent patients born before 1957?
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What is your approach to counseling severely frail older adults regarding their planning for invasive life-sustaining therapy?
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Do you have any pearls for how to manage OSA with CPAP in older adults with cognitive impairment?
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What strategies do you find helpful in advanced care planning with patients/families who are very "miracle" centered?
For example, prolonging life-sustaining measures as they "wait for a miracle" of an unrealistic outcome. 
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Would you continue or stop anticoagulation for a DVT/PE in a patient with active cancer who has completed 6 months of therapy?
Mahé et al., PMID 40162636
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How do you counsel older adults regarding the use, dosing, and safety of CBD-containing products for insomnia?
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How do you decide between anticoagulation and observation for an incidentally detected subsegmental pulmonary embolism in elderly patients with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding?
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How do you counsel patients who are concerned that discontinuation of certain chronic medications may actually perpetuate suffering at the end of life?
Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...
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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?
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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02
Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20
Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.
The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Mar 29
Extended Reduced-Dose Apixaban for Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism.
Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Nov 23
Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation : A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

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