Nasogastric tubes can be inserted with oral and IV sedation on the ward, without specialist input, not enough to put you to sleep but to take an...
W.r.t. @Nightsong the question about why the treating consultant didn't get her on to his ward. I worked in the NHS in the 90's as a locum SHO in...
@bobbler, thank you for that information. Oh golly what a grim misuse of health data to save money. Yes this pilot study may have been picked up...
Yes there is an insidious creep that I have seen since I have retired. I see this as due to financial pressures within the system. Not a...
Yes, I do hope, Johnathan, that if you are thinking of toning up the language of your paper, even if this causes outrage in certain people, as it...
Yes, it is very damning to say "that inserting a PEG would medicalise Maeve to a degree". He is clearly differentiating her medical illness of ME...
Yes, there is a behavioural reward system for eating disorders as that is often the only way the staff have to achieve compliance from a person...
I don't think there is a contradiction of terms. There is a sub specialty for it within General Medicine. In my city in NZ, a Post-Infectious...
@Jonathan Edwards, Many people admitted to hospital with severe Major Depression (especially if they have psychosis or severe cognitive...
I think a lot of medical/nursing information is lacking which I hope the physicians will supply. The MDT (which I presume has a dietician) said...
They get a bit confused with what is CFS and chronic fatigue and then talk about their product helping chronic fatigue, so I do not know how they...
I think this is a very damaging paper to write, I hope their professional reputation will be thoroughly damaged by their responses toward clients...
Yes, I understand the BPS influence on the diagnosis and treatment of ME, but I am not sure all physicians are taught this at medical school or on...
Yes, I have been thinking about this too. I would like to know why the physicians even call in psychiatry? I believe, the physicians who manage...
I appreciate you have written this paper Jonathan, I don't have the cognitive ability or energy to process all the information into a coherent...
On the Lumia website they say they have compared the device to transcranial doppler (TCD). Which I guess is more accurate at measuring cerebral...
So grim. Another case of a criminally negligent psychiatrist (imho) doing "behavioural exposure therapy" on a very very physically vulnerable pwME...
Depends on the medication. One example of this is the diagnostic test for adrenal function. If you are taking steroids it may make the...
I agree, there should always be informed consent. Records don't often show the process of informed consent and psychiatrists should always record...
300 ECT's would definitely have been an extra-ordinary figure in the 90's onwards when I was doing my registrar training and then as a consultant...
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