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Today we cremated my father, who died this past weekend after suffering effects of #LongCovid accelerating his dementia & other health problems. He went from an adventurer to a cripple in a matter of months. A 🧵 1/ 
He got COVID spring of ‘21 before being fully immunized. Initially seemed like he recovered, but clearly more trouble with memory, weakness, motivation. thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
And then this sudden lack of desire to move became harder to overcome his weakness. @HeidiEngel4 @IcuPerme @ellenhillegass would have loved to have had PT prioritized for him. We knew he needed but he lacked motivation & resources
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My rant for the day ;
Yesterday I went to get a glass of wine and something to eat after work. There was a table of people that asked me to join them and offered to pay. I declined because I really wasn’t in the mood and I knew I wouldn’t be good company /1
Yesterday I went to get a glass of wine and something to eat after work. There was a table of people that asked me to join them and offered to pay. I declined because I really wasn’t in the mood and I knew I wouldn’t be good company /1
They kept asking and said come on over and have fun with us. I said I’m really not in the mood and I wouldn’t be good company.
One young lady looked at me and saw my scrub bottoms (I had on a Coming to America t-shirt) /2
One young lady looked at me and saw my scrub bottoms (I had on a Coming to America t-shirt) /2
She told the group: leave her alone she doesn’t have time to deal with us.
Woman: I know you’re tired. As a healthcare worker you are truly a hero right now…just as much as our soldiers /3
Woman: I know you’re tired. As a healthcare worker you are truly a hero right now…just as much as our soldiers /3
I was feeling overwhelmed by all the laypress articles about #moralinjury and #burnout in frontline health care workers during #Covid_19 so I decided to do a deep dive into the literature on the mental health of workers during pandemics.
Here's what I found. #thread
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Here's what I found. #thread
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Seriously, so many laypress articles.
What evidence do we have on this, and further, what evidence do we have on strategies that mitigate these mental health issues in health care workers?
I presented these data the @UChicagoMed @UCCancerCenter grand rounds last week.
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What evidence do we have on this, and further, what evidence do we have on strategies that mitigate these mental health issues in health care workers?
I presented these data the @UChicagoMed @UCCancerCenter grand rounds last week.
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@UChicagoMed @UCCancerCenter But first, some definitions to set the stage:
Burnout, initially described by Dr. Maslach as the prolonged physical and psychological exhaustion related to a person's work. Not specific to medicine, although the definition has been honed for medicine (see slide). #burnout
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Burnout, initially described by Dr. Maslach as the prolonged physical and psychological exhaustion related to a person's work. Not specific to medicine, although the definition has been honed for medicine (see slide). #burnout
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