#Patient

Murdoch's Peta Credlin interviews 'Patient X'. I've watched it so you don't have to. Unsurprisingly the interview is used as a political attack on Dan Andrews. A thread #auspol #springst
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I see once again do not attempt resuscitation orders have made the news again. It’s striking how badly understood DNACPR orders are.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8995229/Elderly-patients-given-Not-Resuscitate-orders-against-fam
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Another one of my colleagues took a nice, cushy MSL job and I just met a new staff pharmacist at my who is PGY2 CC-trained and doesn’t WANT to
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Some interesting cases from the body fluid bench (no really)!#hemepath #hematology Bone marrow contamination in CSF. More common in babies and elderly patients. Presence of blasts may cause concern for
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I picked up Carl Jung's "The Undiscovered Self" today. I felt I needed to read more basic psychology books now that I'm two years into college. It's not news that
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Thank you everyone for your incredible messages of support and encouragement.Many of you asked what it was like in the ER right now. I want to share a bit with
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“One (drug price problem) is the list prices set by drug companies, which almost no patient actually pays..”28.9 million Americans do not have health insurance, so must pay list price
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On the intensive care unit today covering a colleague who is unwell, so only time for a brief update this week. You may have seen a lot of coverage that
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We need to talk seriously about country hospitals in Australia and their ability to withstand attack from Covid-19. It's not good.A thread.Please retweet it. People should know. 1/ I am
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You might think using day cream is a great choice. It helps to moisturise your skin but at the same time have SPF. But did you know that moisturiser with
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Today is #WorldAIDSDay2020. Many excellent books of queer studies & history discuss this pandemic, never more timely. Here are some of them, focusing on the US and Germany. For a
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Think your day's going badly? It could be worse.Pelvic X-ray of a 41-year-old male patient, previously fit and well. But what on EARTH is going on here? Ah. That's what's
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but when someone says their pronouns are they/them it’s not optional And if you’re like “you’ll just have to be patient” when
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I found a list of 34 Canadian Healthcare workers names who died of COVID-19.I’m going to research each and memorialize them in ahere. It’s hard to face. Please mute this
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Next up: @ashdgandhi on selective admissions in the nursing home industry. A perennial problem in healthcare is selection. Nursing homes want to try to admit patients who generate a lot
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Sitrep: situation report. This is what we call our daily briefings right now. Here’s mine. We are now fairly confident we have reached the high water-mark for the second wave
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