Palliativist
@palliativist.bsky.social
Surgeon, intensivist and palliativist.
System Chair of surgery, HealthPartners
Professor of Surgery, university of Minnesota
What’s next: changing the view on geriatrics and transform the mode of care deliver for elderly patients.
One day at a time.
System Chair of surgery, HealthPartners
Professor of Surgery, university of Minnesota
What’s next: changing the view on geriatrics and transform the mode of care deliver for elderly patients.
One day at a time.
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Some studies show that in some undergraduate degrees nurses get no formal #delirium training.
For an emergency that affects 1 in 6 hospital patients.
Help me understand why this is.
For an emergency that affects 1 in 6 hospital patients.
Help me understand why this is.
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Some studies show that in some undergraduate degrees nurses get no formal #delirium training.
For an emergency that affects 1 in 6 hospital patients.
Help me understand why this is.
For an emergency that affects 1 in 6 hospital patients.
Help me understand why this is.
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Examples of solutions have existed for several years (eg @iownhs.bsky.social ambulance service, @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social Wales ambulance service) so why are these not being taken up by other areas?
❗Paramedics are often being left without access to patient information or medications when attending people nearing end of life who urgently need palliative care.
This is so wrong.
This is so wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Examples of solutions have existed for several years (eg @iownhs.bsky.social ambulance service, @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social Wales ambulance service) so why are these not being taken up by other areas?
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Did you know that if you show up to work in a pair of scrubs and a fleece for a day of palliative consults no one will say anything and it’s very comfortable and much easier?
October 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Did you know that if you show up to work in a pair of scrubs and a fleece for a day of palliative consults no one will say anything and it’s very comfortable and much easier?
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They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then, and what Trump and MAGA are doing today, are striking, chilling—and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook.
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then, and what Trump and MAGA are doing today, are striking, chilling—and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook.
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Good morning everyone.
I’m at the #BGSconf this morning talking about delirium.
Caught @cswarbrick1’s excellent talk on the impact of delirium and the results of Snap3.
Delirium increases length of stay, mortality and all complications.
I’m at the #BGSconf this morning talking about delirium.
Caught @cswarbrick1’s excellent talk on the impact of delirium and the results of Snap3.
Delirium increases length of stay, mortality and all complications.
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Good morning everyone.
I’m at the #BGSconf this morning talking about delirium.
Caught @cswarbrick1’s excellent talk on the impact of delirium and the results of Snap3.
Delirium increases length of stay, mortality and all complications.
I’m at the #BGSconf this morning talking about delirium.
Caught @cswarbrick1’s excellent talk on the impact of delirium and the results of Snap3.
Delirium increases length of stay, mortality and all complications.
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If your patient has delirium post op, they usually have some other complication too. Check for infection, thrombosis etc, but also think “is this patient bleeding?”
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If your patient has delirium post op, they usually have some other complication too. Check for infection, thrombosis etc, but also think “is this patient bleeding?”
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Take off that Cavalry hat, you draft dodger.
You didn’t earn the right to wear it.
Stolen valor at its worst.
You didn’t earn the right to wear it.
Stolen valor at its worst.
September 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Take off that Cavalry hat, you draft dodger.
You didn’t earn the right to wear it.
Stolen valor at its worst.
You didn’t earn the right to wear it.
Stolen valor at its worst.
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“Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong… Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong… Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Myth: Keep #delirium patients in bed, & wait until they get better before involving physiotherapy.
Fact: Mobilisation is essential & can greatly aid recovery from delirium.
Fact: Mobilisation is essential & can greatly aid recovery from delirium.
June 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Myth: Keep #delirium patients in bed, & wait until they get better before involving physiotherapy.
Fact: Mobilisation is essential & can greatly aid recovery from delirium.
Fact: Mobilisation is essential & can greatly aid recovery from delirium.
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I once had a >90yo who required hospitalizations every 2-3 weeks, one needing intubation. In a hard conversation, I recommended hospice. The family tells me he had 6 wonderful weeks at home, the longest hospital-free period for nearly a year, before dying in his sleep.
Sometimes doing less is more.
Sometimes doing less is more.
May 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I once had a >90yo who required hospitalizations every 2-3 weeks, one needing intubation. In a hard conversation, I recommended hospice. The family tells me he had 6 wonderful weeks at home, the longest hospital-free period for nearly a year, before dying in his sleep.
Sometimes doing less is more.
Sometimes doing less is more.
If you feel compelled to speak-up and write about trauma care for the elderly part of our population, please join us and share your research in a dedicated issue of OBM Geriatrics.
Dr. Frederick Rogers and I have been offered to be the guest Editors.
www.lidsen.com/journals/ger...
Dr. Frederick Rogers and I have been offered to be the guest Editors.
www.lidsen.com/journals/ger...
Geriatric Trauma Care and Trauma System Development
LIDSEN series of journals are published by LIDSEN Publishing Inc, a non-profit scholarly Open Access publisher focused on biological, biomedical and medical studies. We aim to select ground-breaking r...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you feel compelled to speak-up and write about trauma care for the elderly part of our population, please join us and share your research in a dedicated issue of OBM Geriatrics.
Dr. Frederick Rogers and I have been offered to be the guest Editors.
www.lidsen.com/journals/ger...
Dr. Frederick Rogers and I have been offered to be the guest Editors.
www.lidsen.com/journals/ger...
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The Democrats Need Their Own Project 2025: Elie Mystal Provides a Blueprint
Legal analyst @elienyc.bsky.social argues there are ten popular laws, forged by racism, greed & bipartisan complicity, that are ruining America & need to be undone by Democrats
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-democr...
Legal analyst @elienyc.bsky.social argues there are ten popular laws, forged by racism, greed & bipartisan complicity, that are ruining America & need to be undone by Democrats
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-democr...
March 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Democrats Need Their Own Project 2025: Elie Mystal Provides a Blueprint
Legal analyst @elienyc.bsky.social argues there are ten popular laws, forged by racism, greed & bipartisan complicity, that are ruining America & need to be undone by Democrats
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-democr...
Legal analyst @elienyc.bsky.social argues there are ten popular laws, forged by racism, greed & bipartisan complicity, that are ruining America & need to be undone by Democrats
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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Basel, Switzerland
March 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Basel, Switzerland
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This should be every Democrat's reaction to an unelected billionaire gutting our federal government and services with no oversight or accountability.
A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
March 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This should be every Democrat's reaction to an unelected billionaire gutting our federal government and services with no oversight or accountability.
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Delirium is an underrecognised risk factor for future dementia...sometimes preventable, and perhaps treatable if we prioritise research in this area @amaclullich.bsky.social @proflizsampson.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/health/...
The overlooked cause of dementia that doctors can prevent
We are advised to cut risk of dementia through exercise and eating healthy – but are never warned to try to avoid an episode of delirium while in hospital, although it is linked with a three-fold high...
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February 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Delirium is an underrecognised risk factor for future dementia...sometimes preventable, and perhaps treatable if we prioritise research in this area @amaclullich.bsky.social @proflizsampson.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
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#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
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February 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
