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“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
Apr 16, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
Today has been... quite a day.

As per family's request, and with the help of our good colleagues from Hospice and Palliative Care, we did "terminal weaning" (aka "compassionate extubation" and yes, this is me sugarcoating) on our 9-day old patient.

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This patient suffered from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy from Neonatal Asphyxia, as her mother was a COVID severe patient who eventually succumbed to the disease. Both patients coded at the OR during delivery, and despite all our efforts put towards achieving good outcomes...2/