Neurologist. MSc Palliative Care student at King's College London. Canadian. Feminist. All views my own.
London, England
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Our vision: A world where high quality, person-centered care is available to all people and families affected by neurological illness. #Neuropal #PalliativeCare #Neuropalliative
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For those in academics wanting to diversify your committee, panel, grant: YES. DO THAT. PLEASE.
But to be anti-racist, do so with purpose. Avoid falling into the trap of tokenizing your colleagues.
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[I’ll use the term POC, but can apply to other marginalized groups]
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Results of the landmark CODES trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of psychogenic seizures are now available. This is wonderful news for patients, clinicians, and researchers! 1/2 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Agree. While some surgeries are needed, opening up non-essential services and using up PPE is unfair when residents of long term care facilities are isolated, sad & acute care patients are fragile and dying without family around. Give the them PPE! #COVIDー19
T1: Why can’t we provide families with PPE so they can visit their loved ones? Surely this is as (more?) important than opening up elective surgery? #PalliCOVID #PallANZ
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With my #neuropalliative colleagues for the society meeting with @NeuroHomecareMD @AMehtaMD @JessMcFarlinMD @DrTarolliNeuro @SMuehlschMD @JoriFleisher @JessBesbris . Right now listening to abstract on PEG use for persons with ALS and effect on QoL
Sad news: @UpToDate creator died from #COVID19 complications. Of all the recent useful medical inventions, UpToDate ranks highly - I use it almost every day. Sad loss for med community. statnews.com/2020/04/25/reme…
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@WINMinnesota @WomenNeurology @OrlyA @nsanar @Lnyjri @BenishSarah @JRVMol @jacksonce2121 @MelissaKo16 @NinaRiggins @LaraJehiMD @eloder @StraussHeadache @DrJNicholas @bnidhuibhir @LigiaViorela @PorterAlyx @RachelSalasMD @NeuroUsha @BrainMDmiyasaki @JenGoldmanMD @SMuehlschMD
Contact tracing during #COVIDー19 & why #PhysicalDistancing makes a huge difference in limiting spread! Droplets & close contact enables viral transmission
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Sensible, compassionate, practical guidelines: caring for someone with #COVID19 at home, including #EoL care.
Well done, @hospiceuk
Brava, Ilora Finlay, who wrote this document.
Share it with the whole world, everyone.
@WeDistrictNurse @theRCN @rcgp @APMPostTweets #pallicovid
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On this week's cover—Editorial: As health systems become strained under #COVID19, providing safe & effective #palliativecare, including end-of-life care, becomes especially vital & especially difficult hubs.ly/H0pnp4_0
We live in interesting times thanks to #COVIDー19. Virtual journal club to keep some semblance of normalcy, then virtual office mtg, then virtual #Neurology tele & video clinic. Takeaways once the pandemic is over: virtual services should be ramped up esp for pts in remote areas.
Excellent visual representation of #COVID19 daily mortality rate - helps with those naysayers who don't think it is such a big deal. #PhysicalDistancing public.flourish.studio/visua…
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The indirect consequences of #COVID-19 will be very long lasting. Already, facing difficulties for cancer biopsies, some immunosuppressive therapies delayed. And the psychological trauma for grieving families, friends and healthcare workers is going to v long lasting.
Thanks Victor Tseng (@vectorsting)!
“As our friends and colleagues brave the font lines, we must also get ready for a series of aftershocks. It's very hard to plan this far ahead while we're in survival mode. We must prepare early and strategize our response to the collater…
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With the urgent & rapidly growing research efforts in #COVID19 🌍 🚨 we have pivoted our resources 2 help @COVID19COS w/ establishing core outcomes ... & invite u and ur family, friends, colleagues ... to take part too: covid-19-cos.org/get-involve… // @jhjelliott @JonathanCCraig
Amen to banning the words "withdrawal of care" - CARE CONTINUES ALWAYS. The discussion should be less about vents for #COVID19 and how are we going to provide good quality palliative care to acutely unwell people who are breathless and isolated from families. THIS IS CARE!
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No room for wishful thinking.
Read @DreJoanneLiu on preparing for the worst: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
1. Medical facilities dedicated only to COVID19 pts
2 Protect physical/mental wellness of healthworkers always including the right PPE
3. Maintain critical care for non-COVID pts
I keep thinking I need to pay rent bc month end. Then I realize it's STILL March. March feels like 10 years already.
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As the #COVID19 crisis expands, some hosp are using comorbidities & age as indicators for who to offer intensive care or not. Why not also incl a frailty index or karnofsky perform score to gauge overall status? We need to be evidence-based, fair & equitable using standard tool
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