#Palliative

Don’t think anyone has really reckoned with the mass experiment in atomization underway in AmericaNo humans have ever attempted to live this far apart from each other. Like where there
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1/The power of #PalliativeCare to reduce healthcare utilization among pts w/ advanced stage #lungcancer great work from @vranas_kelly @chrisslatore @accpchest https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(20)31721-9/fulltext23,142 Vets fr
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Constipation- A quick thread Often overlooked, not deliberately but if we don’t ask we will never know. First step in management is to take a good history When did bowels
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Thread. It’s the feast of #AllSouls where we remember those who've passed on and pray for them. I’d also like to remember the living. I don’t “thread” often but wanted
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You know what battle I have lost?Asking people to stop describing somebody who dies of cancer as having "lost their battle." Yesterday was what would have been my brother's 50th
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House is debating #BillC7 right now.https://www.cpac.ca/en/  Nelly Shin MP points out that the 10 day waiting period could already be waived under the existing legislation (without adding Bill C7)- it
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I've lived in #CarrickOnSuir for 5 years now. Having moved from Waterford City in 2015, I've found the people here to be the most friendly and welcoming of people. And
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Our work on #TemporalTrends & #SexDifferences in #EndOfLifeCare in #HeartFailureAmong 396,024 patients who died 2004-17mean age 81.8(10.7), 51.5%a majority of patients died in a hospital trend in invasive care in
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Hypercalcaemia in malignancyA thread Occurs in 20-30% of all cancers80% due to humoral release of PTHrP which mimicks parathyroid hormone (PTH) 20% due to local osteolytic processes driven by tumour
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21st century schizophrenic mindset arises from the triple realization that1) the "guardians of the truth" are lying to you2) there's no alternate authority out there who can tell you what
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A thread on medics writing. DOI @doctor_oxford is my friend and I have, with my consent, been mentioned in her books and articles previously.Yesterday, @doctor_oxford, a palliative care doctor who
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Personal observation, from someone doing fieldwork:The situation on Twitter is vastly different from the situation on the ground. While Twitter netizens are active on asking for accountability in disaster response,
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CW: euthanasia Given draft legislation in Queensland due to be passed in 2020, I wish more Aussies were paying attention to this debate in Canada.Access to euthanasia is often framed
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I’ve been remiss in not raising my voice louder on this case, given my story ..... A thread about discontent and choice in death. /1#MAID #AssistedDeath #RighttoDie https://twitter.com/docsgreen/status/1296081996603482119 https://www.theg
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Opioid toxicty: A thread (with a palliative theme)Let’s start by thinking about tue difference between side-effects of opioids from toxicity. Side-effects: the secondary, usually undesirable effects other than pain reliefConstipationDry
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Breaking bad news (Badly) to the mafia boss - A ThreadThings kick off when the tells Tony he’s “ now palliative” It’s not started well so try to get the
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