Emma
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Emma
@DrEmmaStratton
Mum of three; one desperately missed. Wife. Volunteer. Geriatrician. Gives running a go. Lover of Gin and Guiding. All views are my own.










Published in this month’s @Age_and_Ageing our @tilda_tcd work examines the relationship between dizzy symptoms on standing and orthostatic hypotension in community dwelling older people academic.oup.com/ageing/article…










TTOs shouldn't be done in advance unless next day discharge is 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 - most estimates are too optimistic - most have to be updated + changed =double the work Hospitals should put out locum shifts if they want to prioritise discharges








Doctors of all specialties: “Follow up GP tomorrow” “GP to chase results and contact patient” “See your GP in 48hrs” None of these are safe plans. GPs aren’t sitting around waiting for work. Put more juniors in GP so they can understand our specialty.




FRAILTY What matters to older patients who are frail? • discharge to their usual residence (‘home’) (more important than mortality!) • ‘home time’ following surgery (# of days spent alive and at home w/i a specified period) @rosespenfold 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…










