@RCoANews and @BJAJournals webinar on peri-operative care of the frail patient. Tips for the peri-operative period included; identifying frailty, cross speciality input, using the STOPP START tool, addressing the anti-cholinergic burden #POPS
BREAKING: The NIHR-supported @remap_cap trial shows that patients receiving tocilizumab and a second drug called sarilumab can reduce the relative risk of death by 24% when administered to patients within 24 hours of entering intensive care.ย #Covid19 https://t.co/oTIw3z3fPL
My lovely Mum has been encouraging my sister and I every day by sharing pages from @charliemackesyโs book #theboythemolethefoxandthehorse and today I think this one is particularly apt
@cway_eye@RCOphth I still remember the day in 3rd year of medschool when you fell in love with eyes. This is a HAPPY DAY! So well deserved. Proud of you! Xxxxx
Polypharmacy, preventing the โprescribing cascadeโ and involving the patient in decisions about medications. This article offers some food for thought...Blood pressure in frail older adults: associations with cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality https://t.co/omiedU7pMV
@ElderlyMedEd great discussion surrounding advanced care planning for elderly patients. Useful tips about when and how to have these conversations @GeriSoc#G4J20
A Two Sim day today @SomersetFT,NIV followed by anaphylaxis โ
A Huge thanks to two Fourth year @UoBrisMedHums med students for stepping in to be our F1 Drs during a simulation on Wordsworth ward, with great support from fellow Dr @lucycuckow. @MPHAcademy@Piprich1 @SomNHS_LandD
Families and folk who've seen it on the news are asking me why we ventilate their loved ones on their tummies... so here, in 75 seconds, and slightly simplified, is why! #COVID2019