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Thursday, July 11, 2002

"Any advice on Do Not Resuscitate?"
Here are some thoughts. You can read specific sample conversations from Drs. Lo, Quill and Tulskey (deals with palliative care, but applies to DNR). Or see the process broken down to helpful steps by Drs. Weissman and VonGunten. Even pocket cards with phrases have been tried.
9:56:22 PM    

Today
...will be up at the hospital around 8:00. May ask for a minute of your time, to bounce off you an idea for rounds on Friday.
7:01:51 AM    

Answers Here
If there are pre-tests in the future, all questions and answers will be posted here before rounds.
6:46:19 AM    

Quit Smoking
Nortriptyline works according to this paper. (Study starts at 25 mg nightly, progressing to 75 mg nightly as tolerated.). Cochrane collaborative also concluded it is effective.
6:43:52 AM    

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