Teresa Clark
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Teresa Clark
@clark345.bsky.social
Consultant Physio (RHN) & PhD student (UoN). Working with people with severe brain injuries. NMI and NMP. Spasticity, sialorrhea, DOC. Researching risk and clinical decision making.
New publication. An interesting view on risks & benefits of higher dose intra salivary botulinum toxin treatment for drooling - for people with severe brain injury, impaired swallow, and increased chest infection risk.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The effectiveness and safety of botulinum toxin treatment for sialorrhea due to severe brain injury
Sialorrhea may be a consequence of severe acquired brain injury (ABI). Salivary gland botulinum neurotoxin (SG-BoNT) injections can reduce saliva production, but there is limited evidence for their...
www.tandfonline.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Reposted by Teresa Clark
A very good piece from a psychiatrist - Profossor Allan House - on some of the issues with the assisted dying bill h/t @katherinesleeman.bsky.social

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https://www.betterwaycampaign.co.uk/psychiatrist-why-i-oppose-leadbeaters-bill/
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November 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
New to this. It would very much seem a cute pet pic is the entrance tax. So here I go!
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 PM