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It's time for a slightly tardy #SpacedRepetition: @CPSolvers
Chat recap of the #ClinicalPearls #VirtualMorningReport
July 10th Day 91: clinicalproblemsolving.com/morning-report…
w/ @AnnKumfer @DxRxEdu @rabihmgeha
Teaching points: @sukritibanthiya
Get ready for the @fernandbteich show
Chat recap of the #ClinicalPearls #VirtualMorningReport
July 10th Day 91: clinicalproblemsolving.com/morning-report…
w/ @AnnKumfer @DxRxEdu @rabihmgeha
Teaching points: @sukritibanthiya
Get ready for the @fernandbteich show
But first, we want to acknowledge @_HarryPaul_ who gave us all something to reflect on. #MichaelHickson
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Thanks for stepping up and sharing Harry!
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Thanks for stepping up and sharing Harry!
Let’s start with a problem representation:
A 69-y/o F w/ a PMH of sinus cancer presents from an outside hospital with night sweats that started 4 wks ago along w/ rigors, fevers, nausea, early satiety, & weightloss found to have splenomegaly, lymphopenia, & elevated ESR/CRP
A 69-y/o F w/ a PMH of sinus cancer presents from an outside hospital with night sweats that started 4 wks ago along w/ rigors, fevers, nausea, early satiety, & weightloss found to have splenomegaly, lymphopenia, & elevated ESR/CRP
This past Friday, pro-lifers began reporting on doctors killing #MichaelHickson. To this point, it has only been picked up by pro-lifers and disability rights activists. That it has been ignored by major media and racial justice activists is a disgrace. 1/ lifenews.com/2020/06/26/doc…
Michael got COVID-19 and was put in the hospital. A paraplegic who could not walk or easily talk, he clearly interacted with his family, laughing at jokes and enjoying songs. Due to complex disagreements over his care, however, medical decision-making was taken from his wife. 2/
That's when his white doctor decided, along with his appointed guardian, aggressive medical treatment was no longer appropriate for him.
It would have been one thing if the argument was that treatment was burdensome. A case can be made for this when it comes to ventilation. 3/
It would have been one thing if the argument was that treatment was burdensome. A case can be made for this when it comes to ventilation. 3/
Dear #MedTwitter,
Please do not make statements assuming a person with a major disability has a poor quality of life. This is ableism.
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Please do not make statements assuming a person with a major disability has a poor quality of life. This is ableism.
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thesun.co.uk/news/11968402/…
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St. David’s Doctor: “So as of right now, his quality of life - he doesn’t have much of one.”
Melissa: “What do you mean? Because he’s paralyzed with a brain injury he doesn’t have quality of life?”
St. David’s Doctor: “Correct”
St. David’s Doctor: “So as of right now, his quality of life - he doesn’t have much of one.”
Melissa: “What do you mean? Because he’s paralyzed with a brain injury he doesn’t have quality of life?”
St. David’s Doctor: “Correct”
3/ This conversation was recorded (and that’s legal in Texas if one person consents), so I’m not making it up...
