#Palliative

Malignant bowel obstruction: A palliative thread Possibly one of the most complex and challenging presentations in palliative care.Eating, drinking and going to the toilet are habits of a lifetime. Obstruction
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There are some days when you totally feel like your soul is destroyed and you want to scream at the universe. Today was one of those days. Here is a
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Very excited for tomorrow's virtual #HPM didactic on palliative care in ALS. It reminds me of a story...1/5https://twitter.com/BenWThompson/status/1327643572766642177 This was from when I first made my mid-career switch into #HaPC
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@DukePallCare SUCCESS! Journal Club Time Machine: Speed Dating with the Classics. Format - everyone in attendance (MS2-Attending) teaches a classic article for 4 minutes, it is put in context by
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Today we launched our draft heart disease plan for Scotland. We're asking all political parties to back the plan in the run up to the #Holyrood21 elections and ensure the
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Palliative care pearls Please add your own and share: “Carry a pocket torch and look at you patient’s mouth regularly: mouth care is a vital but often overlooked aspect of
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Itch: A palliative care threadAs with Nausea and Vomiting the best approach is to identify the underlying cause if possible. Treatment can be targeted to best improve symptoms and reduce
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Breathlessness: A palliative care thread “Breathe deeply, until sweet air extinguishes the burn of fear in your lungs and every breath is a beautiful refusal to become anything less than
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Today's LTC update starts in QC. Similar trend as with MB and ON, where lethality in residential/LTC centres .To date 371 people from LTC facilities have lost lives. According to
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CF Foundation-People w/ CF have lower levels of NO in their airways, which are associated w/ chronic infection & reduced lung function. Researchers believe increasing levels of NO in the
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Please help frontline NHS staff get their voices heard. It’s very difficult for us to get out what is happening on the ground at the moment and things are at
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Canada's embrace of euthanasia is scary. This article points out some of the problems. I'll put the ones I think are biggest as a thread below /1https://mercatornet.com/the-optics-are-not-good-lessons-from-euthanasia-in-canada/65677
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Sick of watching the media sensationalize mental illness, all the while people actually living with disability aren't given adequate supports to survive? Yeah, me too. That's why Bill C-7 needs
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The #SenCA continues to debate #BillC7 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) today. I will be speaking shortly. #Cdnpoli Watch live: https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2?fk=10551972&a
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Last working day fo 2020. A thread.Finally, done. In so many ways. Done. It's been a horrible year for so many, our family included. Others have suffered much more and
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My GP has phoned three times trying to make me sign a DNR due to covid because I "wouldn't be a priority" Health is a privilege. Use it. You'll lose
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