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  1. Healthcare workers of various types are in short supply in Canada. It’s a key reason why we have backlogs in care. Lots of jobs. The province of BC on the west coast has made it much easier for healthcare workers from the US to move there. Other provinces are working on shortening the process too.
    Heard about this source helping Americans learn more about moving to Vancouver Island. There was a great show on CBC Radio’s programme White Coat, Black Art hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman on this topic, interviewing the Maffins who created helpful info and sources.
    There is also a group on Discord with discussions and where questions can be answered, also started by the Maffins.
    #Canada #Healthcare #MedMastodon

    engageq.notion.site/islandinfu

  2. Die #CharitéBerlin und die Evangelische Lungenklinik gründen das Deutsche Lungenzentrum Charité ELK. Gemeinsam bündeln sie Spitzenmedizin, Forschung und hochspezialisierte Versorgung – für schnellere Diagnosen und noch präzisere Therapien.

    👉 charite.de/service/pressemitte

    #Medizin #Forschung #MedMastodon #Pneumologie #Lunge

  3. I've seen many stories like this over the years from folks with ME/CFS - they get a cancer diagnosis & are shocked by the different treatment from doctors and nurses.

    This story's about someone with Long Covid, but it's very similar.

    "Breast cancer exposed the lack of care I receive for Long COVID"

    thesicktimes.org/2026/08/14/br

    "Cancer has a sadly well-worn path. It showed me that I deserve dignity and support for Long COVID"

    @longcovid @mecfs

    #LongCovid #MEcfs #HealthCare #MedMastodon #MedEd

  4. Hi! Time for an updated #introduction!

    I'm Matteo — a geriatrician and researcher.
    Professor of Geriatrics (on leave) at the University of Milan, now at WHO working on healthy #ageing and care for older people.

    My research focuses on #Frailty and #IntrinsicCapacity, and on preventing the disabling cascade.

    Working in #Geriatrics, #PublicHealth, or #aging research? Say "Hi!" and let me know what are you working on👇

    #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon

    Daje #ASRoma fino a quando non ci portano via!

  5. Check out HealthyPi6, an open-source hardware and software vital sign monitor, based on RaspberryPi and ESP32.

    It combines research-quality ECG, PPG, respiration, and temperature monitoring with extensive modular expansion, all in a portable, open-source platform.

    crowdsupply.com/protocentral/h

    #healthyPi #medmastodon #medibubble #opensource #opensourcehardware

  6. RE: disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/11

    Thanks to all who've already signed these letters! ❤️
    (see quoted post)

    You can help us even more by asking others - friends, family, neighbors - to sign. Anyone in the US can sign, only takes a few minutes.

    The form asks for email address, name (first / last), city, state & zip. Street address not required.

    Folks with no personal connection to an ME/CFS patient can sign as "patient advocate / community member"

    Form:

    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

    @mecfs

    #MEcfs #MedMastodon #MedEd #Healthcare

  7. Hello 👋

    I need your help! We need as many signatures on this community letter as possible! Anyone in the USA can sign! Allies needed!

    Solve ME & #MEAction are asking State Medical Boards to add ME/CFS questions to national licensing exams.

    Doctors need to learn about ME/CFS!

    Please sign here:

    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

    There are a few pages (scroll down to click next) but it doesn't take long.

    Boosts appreciated!

    Thank you ❤️

    @mecfs

    #MEcfs #LongCovid #MedMastodon #MedEd #Healthcare

  8. mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads "Appendix 1: MOTHERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES GUIDANCE TOOL
    V
    Value family – Involve individuals who best know the woman with learning disabilities as they can provide additional information that may be helpful to the decision-making process.
    A
    Avoid making assumptions – Do not assume that because someone has a diagnosis of a learning disability that they cannot be good enough parents
    L
    Look for support – Professionals should not work in isolation and should involve learning disability services for further support and guidance.
    U
    Understand emotions – Take into consideration that many mothers with learning disabilities have their own anxieties and worries about motherhood and fear of judgment. Do not assume they are being difficult.
    E
    Establish reasonable adjustments – Professionals should put reasonable adjustments into place to ensure women with learning disabilities can comprehend and understand information to give informed consent. I.E. easy read, pictorials, large font, visual and hearing aids.

    M
    Mental Capacity – Do not assume capacity. In liaison with the Mental Capacity Act 2005, professionals should consider completing a Mental Capacity Assessment (MCA) to establish whether the women can give informed consent. Professionals should also consider best interest, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and involving an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA).
    E
    Efficient discharge – Professionals should consider possible support that can be put into place to ensure a person-centered discharge is consolidated. Consider, access to health and additional services, transport, financial support and accommodation.

    THINK... VALUE ME"

    #maternity #pregnancy #ObGyn #Obstetrics #pregnant #nativity #disabled #DisabledJoy #DisabledFedi #disability #MedMastodon #med #meds #medicine #medical

  9. Omfg. Read section 3.4 "Learning Disabilities support" on page 5. Literally everyone will be helped by these suggestions, not just diagnosed disabled people.
    mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads
    "3.4 Learning Disabilities support
    Although 7% of people with learning disabilities become parents ( Best Beginnings) the Equality Act 2010 obligates responsibility to service providers to ensure that reasonable adjustments are put into place to ensure the holistic needs of people with learning disabilities are met to the highest standards.
    Remember to think VALUE ME! (Appendix 1)

    1. Early intervention strategies should be considered. Ensure that the community midwife is involved and if they are under 20 consider discussion with the specialist teenage pregnancy midwife for additional support.
    2. Professionals should ensure that adequate time is provided for consultations, appointments and formal discussions. Taking time to allow the woman to understand the information in
    order to make an informed decision.
    3. Professionals should ensure that reasonable adjustments are put into place to aid with understanding. Including: easy read, pictorials, large font, visual and hearing aids.
    4. Abilities led practice rather than inabilities led practice. Professionals should avoid making assumptions based on a diagnosis of a learning disability as often mothers will have their own anxieties, fears and worries regarding motherhood.
    5. Avoid assuming that mothers are being difficult. Consider other possible reasons such as the environment, loud noises, bright lights (especially if they have a dual diagnosis of learning disability and ASD), sensory needs, stress and anxiety. Provide a side room if possible."

    #maternity #pregnancy #ObGyn #Obstetrics #pregnant #nativity #disabled #DisabledJoy #DisabledFedi #disability #MedMastodon #med #meds #medicine #medical

  10. The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
    nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/li (excerpt in a reply)

    There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

    "Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
    thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

    #Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

  11. The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
    nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/li (excerpt in a reply)

    There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

    "Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
    thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

    #Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

  12. The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
    nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/li (excerpt in a reply)

    There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

    "Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
    thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

    #Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

  13. The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
    nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/li (excerpt in a reply)

    There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

    "Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
    thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

    #Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

  14. The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
    nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/li (excerpt in a reply)

    There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

    "Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
    thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

    #Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

  15. What are the issues with fascial plane blocks?

    • Non-robust research
    • Prolific researchers have had multiple retractions
    • Likely publication bias
    • Outcome measures are difficult to define
    • Plethora of 'novel' blocks make interpreting results difficult
    • Blocks don't cover visceral pain

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #medicine #pain #healthcare #MedMastodon

    buff.ly/4dNngtR

  16. What are the issues with fascial plane blocks?

    • Non-robust research
    • Prolific researchers have had multiple retractions
    • Likely publication bias
    • Outcome measures are difficult to define
    • Plethora of 'novel' blocks make interpreting results difficult
    • Blocks don't cover visceral pain

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #medicine #pain #healthcare #MedMastodon

    buff.ly/4dNngtR

  17. What are the issues with fascial plane blocks?

    • Non-robust research
    • Prolific researchers have had multiple retractions
    • Likely publication bias
    • Outcome measures are difficult to define
    • Plethora of 'novel' blocks make interpreting results difficult
    • Blocks don't cover visceral pain

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #medicine #pain #healthcare #MedMastodon

    buff.ly/4dNngtR

  18. What are the issues with fascial plane blocks?

    • Non-robust research
    • Prolific researchers have had multiple retractions
    • Likely publication bias
    • Outcome measures are difficult to define
    • Plethora of 'novel' blocks make interpreting results difficult
    • Blocks don't cover visceral pain

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #medicine #pain #healthcare #MedMastodon

    buff.ly/4dNngtR

  19. Postoperative analgesic effectiveness of ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block vs. rectus sheath block for midline abdominal surgery in a low- and middle-income country: a randomised controlled trial

    @UrmaleAlem9818 @Mohammed_o8860

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia #medicine #pain

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  20. Postoperative analgesic effectiveness of ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block vs. rectus sheath block for midline abdominal surgery in a low- and middle-income country: a randomised controlled trial

    @UrmaleAlem9818 @Mohammed_o8860

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia #medicine #pain

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  21. Postoperative analgesic effectiveness of ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block vs. rectus sheath block for midline abdominal surgery in a low- and middle-income country: a randomised controlled trial

    @UrmaleAlem9818 @Mohammed_o8860

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia #medicine #pain

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  22. Postoperative analgesic effectiveness of ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block vs. rectus sheath block for midline abdominal surgery in a low- and middle-income country: a randomised controlled trial

    @UrmaleAlem9818 @Mohammed_o8860

    #Blocktober #Blocktober24 #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia #medicine #pain

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  23. Are you interested in the variation in practice of anaesthesia for knee arthroplasty?

    • Spinal anaesthesia - primary technique of choice (95%)
    • Adductor canal block - used routinely (85%)
    • Surgical infiltration was usual (92%) + adductor canal block (77%)

    #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #Blocktober24 #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  24. Are you interested in the variation in practice of anaesthesia for knee arthroplasty?

    • Spinal anaesthesia - primary technique of choice (95%)
    • Adductor canal block - used routinely (85%)
    • Surgical infiltration was usual (92%) + adductor canal block (77%)

    #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #Blocktober24 #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  25. Are you interested in the variation in practice of anaesthesia for knee arthroplasty?

    • Spinal anaesthesia - primary technique of choice (95%)
    • Adductor canal block - used routinely (85%)
    • Surgical infiltration was usual (92%) + adductor canal block (77%)

    #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #Blocktober24 #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  26. Are you interested in the variation in practice of anaesthesia for knee arthroplasty?

    • Spinal anaesthesia - primary technique of choice (95%)
    • Adductor canal block - used routinely (85%)
    • Surgical infiltration was usual (92%) + adductor canal block (77%)

    #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #Blocktober24 #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  27. Hello #Blocktober24!

    Today we're talking adductor canal blocks for knee arthroplasty.

    A recent UK survey showed that:
    • 89% favoured levobupivacaine
    • > 60% of these preferred 2.5 mg/ml and a volume of 20 - 24ml

    What drug, concentration & volume do you use?

    #anaesthesia #anesthesia #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #pain #MedMastodon #healthcare

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  28. Hello #Blocktober24!

    Today we're talking adductor canal blocks for knee arthroplasty.

    A recent UK survey showed that:
    • 89% favoured levobupivacaine
    • > 60% of these preferred 2.5 mg/ml and a volume of 20 - 24ml

    What drug, concentration & volume do you use?

    #anaesthesia #anesthesia #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #pain #MedMastodon #healthcare

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  29. Hello #Blocktober24!

    Today we're talking adductor canal blocks for knee arthroplasty.

    A recent UK survey showed that:
    • 89% favoured levobupivacaine
    • > 60% of these preferred 2.5 mg/ml and a volume of 20 - 24ml

    What drug, concentration & volume do you use?

    #anaesthesia #anesthesia #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #pain #MedMastodon #healthcare

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  30. Hello #Blocktober24!

    Today we're talking adductor canal blocks for knee arthroplasty.

    A recent UK survey showed that:
    • 89% favoured levobupivacaine
    • > 60% of these preferred 2.5 mg/ml and a volume of 20 - 24ml

    What drug, concentration & volume do you use?

    #anaesthesia #anesthesia #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #pain #MedMastodon #healthcare

    associationofanaesthetists-pub

  31. To celebrate #Blocktober24 we are going to be joining @Anaes_Reports in sharing some of our recent papers on #regionalanaesthesia!

    Watch this space for papers on:
    • RA for knee arthroplasty
    • anterior quadratus lumborum blocks in colorectal surgery
    • management of DOACs in hip fracture patients
    • dexamethasone and infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks
    • RA for the prevention of phantom limb pain after BKA

    #pain #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

  32. To celebrate #Blocktober24 we are going to be joining @Anaes_Reports in sharing some of our recent papers on #regionalanaesthesia!

    Watch this space for papers on:
    • RA for knee arthroplasty
    • anterior quadratus lumborum blocks in colorectal surgery
    • management of DOACs in hip fracture patients
    • dexamethasone and infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks
    • RA for the prevention of phantom limb pain after BKA

    #pain #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

  33. To celebrate #Blocktober24 we are going to be joining @Anaes_Reports in sharing some of our recent papers on #regionalanaesthesia!

    Watch this space for papers on:
    • RA for knee arthroplasty
    • anterior quadratus lumborum blocks in colorectal surgery
    • management of DOACs in hip fracture patients
    • dexamethasone and infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks
    • RA for the prevention of phantom limb pain after BKA

    #pain #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

  34. To celebrate #Blocktober24 we are going to be joining @Anaes_Reports in sharing some of our recent papers on #regionalanaesthesia!

    Watch this space for papers on:
    • RA for knee arthroplasty
    • anterior quadratus lumborum blocks in colorectal surgery
    • management of DOACs in hip fracture patients
    • dexamethasone and infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks
    • RA for the prevention of phantom limb pain after BKA

    #pain #regionalanesthesia #MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

  35. Email from #MEAction:

    "We are less than a month away from launching #MillionsMissing 2024, and we are thrilled at the success we’re already seeing with the campaign!

    We know the impact of #TeachMETreatME will be HUGE with thousands more clinicians across the country being educated on how to diagnose and treat the ME. Some of these clinicians will become the specialists we so desperately need."

    Full email -

    mailchi.mp/meaction/teachmetre

    @mecfs

    #MEcfs #LongCovid #MedEd #MedMastodon #PatientLed

  36. Jaime Seltzer of #MEAction gave her first "Teach M.E., Treat M.E." talk yesterday, part of a campaign to educate health care workers about ME/CFS and Long Covid.

    Lots more talks scheduled for May and June.

    This whole initiative is led by people who have ME/CFS and Long Covid.

    Link: bsky.app/profile/exceedhergras

    [New link added - the old thread on Bluesky was deleted]

    #MEcfs #LongCovid #MillionsMissing #MedEd #MedMastodon #PatientLed