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Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

1] Would the outcomes be different? There was fatigue, weight loss, nausea, declining kidney function, and a few strokes. He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status. ” There are a dozen or so patients that I want a second chance at.

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Issue #1: The Latest in Critical Care, 5/8/23

PulmCCM

Read in JAMA Endovascular thrombectomy for large ischemic stroke came to prominence based on limited data showing its efficacy in patients with smaller strokes; large strokes were excluded. Nursing home patients were no more likely to enter hospice after hospitalization than their community dwelling counterparts.

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