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Jan 2025
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#467 Unintentional Weight Loss with Dr. ...

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
About this episode
Become a mini geriatrician in our new Geriatrics series!

Geriatricize your knowledge of caring for older adults with unintentional weight loss! You’ll round out your history taking and weight gain plan by harnessing the age-friendly “5Ms”. We’re joined by Dr. Eva Szymanski (@eva_szy), expert geriatrician at Penn Medicine.

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Show Segments

  • Intro
  • Rapid fire questions
  • Case
  • Defining Unintentional Weight Loss
  • Applying the Geriatric 5Ms Framework
  • Diagnostic Work-Up
  • Addressing Ageism in Medical Decisions
  • Defining Geriatric Syndromes
  • Weight Loss Treatments
  • Outro

Credits

  • Producer: Leah Witt, MD, Rachel Miller, MD, MSEd
  • Writers: Abigail Schmucker, MD, Joseph Young, MD, Margaret Heller, MD, Alyson Michener, MD, Leah Witt, MD
  • Show Notes, Infographic and Cover Art: Leah Witt, MD
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP   
  • Reviewer: Molly Heublein, MD
  • Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Technical Production: PodPaste
  • Guest: Eva Szymanski, MD

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