Usha_Ramanathan
@NeuroUsha
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Neurologist. MSc Palliative Care student at King's College London. Canadian. Feminist. All views my own.
London, England
Joined May 2018
Join @WNGtweets and @NeurologyLive on Monday, February 3rd at 8PM EST for a tweet chat on #WomenInNeurology in celebration of #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay.Follow the #mindmoments and #womeninneurology hashtags to participate in the chat on Twitter.
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RT @Neuropalcare: Our vision: A world where high quality, person-centered care is available to all people and families affected by neurologā¦.
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RT @DrTarolliNeuro: For those in academics wanting to diversify your committee, panel, grant: YES. DO THAT. PLEASE. But to be anti-racist,ā¦.
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RT @btolchin: Results of the landmark CODES trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of psychogenic seizures are now availabā¦.
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1. Gen neurology & palliative care.2. š¤Æšµš½āāļø (brain detective) .3. @JenJain16 @czchou @WNGtweets.
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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! #COVIDć¼19.
T1: Why canāt 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.
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Contact tracing during #COVIDć¼19 & why #PhysicalDistancing makes a huge difference in limiting spread! Droplets & close contact enables viral transmission .
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RT @drkathrynmannix: Sensible, compassionate, practical guidelines: caring for someone with #COVID19 at home, including #EoL care. Well doā¦.
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RT @TheLancet: On this week's coverāEditorial: As health systems become strained under #COVID19, providing safe & effective #palliativecareā¦.
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We live in interesting times thanks to #COVIDć¼19. 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.
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Excellent visual representation of #COVID19 daily mortality rate - helps with those naysayers who don't think it is such a big deal. #PhysicalDistancing
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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)!. āAs 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 collaterā¦
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RT @song_initiative: With the urgent & rapidly growing research efforts in #COVID19 š šØ we have pivoted our resources 2 help @COVID19COS w/ā¦.
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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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RT @janephilpott: No room for wishful thinking. Read @DreJoanneLiu on preparing for the worst: 1. Medical facilitieā¦.
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The right mindset is to prepare for the worst-case scenario. While doing everything we can do avoid it, we must be mentally and organizationally prepared to deal with the conditions that are rocking...
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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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