#Geriatrician

FY1 doctor on AMU yesterday was all sitting people up in bed bringing, table closer, opening sandwiches and refilling drinks for them as we saw them and discussed the medicine.

More observations based on experience with Covid and palliative care over the last week1) Some clinicians dislike uncertainty, they want a binary active treatment or palliative care decision (opposite of

32 years... much has changed! (But some things haven’t!)Reflecting on all the people I’ve met and had the privilege to treat. I still remember many of the patients I looked

1/2 Useful thread for #SLTs @RCSLT @rcsltscot @drjackiem @McGee0915 Of note, #delirium, & that’s from a geriatrician used to looking for it. Comments that COVID makes delirium like nothing

I don’t really do threads but it’s been a really dispiriting few days, so I’ll share some thoughts. It’s been a tough few months for everyone particularly families who’ve lost

Over the past couple of years, I've had dozens of med student shadows, and they all ask me the same questions about choosing to do surgery, particularly the women... Here's

A thread about how #ClapForOurCarers feels really hollow right now and how landlords continue to act like arseholes.1. My dad, who’s an NHS worker, has just been evicted by his

The Medical SHO

Gordon Ramsey as the post-take consultant: a thread When he sees you’ve been on nights again following last weeks hypercalcaemia fiasco. As you mix up several patient histories, he’s not

I've previously stated my critical view of @fordnation, @celliottability & @ONThealth prior (see tweet). Here, I'll disclose how they threaten the care provided by specialists for Ontario's most vulnerable &

Dr Neela Janakiramanan, FRACS

I am really grateful for the advocacy of @drvyom, Catherine Bennett and others for advocating strongly that cluster management policy (not the tracing, but the policies around isolating household/secondary contacts)

Moving session coming up now post morning tea about oncology and end of life. @docranjana chairing a multidisciplinary panel - anaesthetist, palliative care physician, surgeon, Intensivist, geriatrician.I absolutely adore a

BBC News - Bank of England helped in sale of looted Nazi gold. "In 1939 the UK government said it had frozen all Czech assets being held in London at

qz

1/ The statistics about deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes are so overwhelming that it can be hard to grasp the amount of pain and grief that they describe. (by

🦁 CAnon 🐑

lastjanstanding

1) Wow. Just found this: Richard J Dubocq MD, Family Medicine and Geriatrics says:14 April, 2020" I’m a rural Maine Family Doctor/Geriatrician w/40 years experience. The Maine Board of Licensure

Me, after taking a peek at the Emergency Department locator from AAU to see what kind of a day it's going to be. Me when the F2 is looking for

A #thread of extremely scary facts curated for your reading pleasure.1. Zhonerism In 1997, 14 year old Nathan Zohner presented his science fair project to his classmates, seeking to ban