Yep. Folks not in healthcare seem to make the assumption that "elective" means "frivolous" when it really means "you probably won't die this month if we don't do it."
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Elective surgeries are things like back surgery that relieve debilitating pain. It’s “elective” bc without it the patient won’t die in the near term.
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Not necessarily My daughter's liver surgery is "elective" but she's always at risk for bleeding to death if one of her lesions ruptures, which they're lesions that are known to spontaneously rupture so until the surgery happens she's always at risk of dying in the near term
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#elective surgeries include#cancer#heartdisease#vascular surgery - and so many more -all can have disastrous life threatening consequences if delayed . I scheduled my#mammogram and now am second guessing - but am already months late and will do itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Elective really just means scheduled.
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Not really. I had gangrene on my heel. My scheduled surgery to debreed the wound was medically necessary for me to not have my foot amputated.
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I had rotator cuff repair surgery done in late October. The orthopedist said I could wait another few weeks to let a broken bone heal more. Glad now I chose to proceed then...
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See for example our paper from earlier in the year about the ethical challenges of triaging medically necessary time sensitive surgical procedures. https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(20)30317-3/abstract …
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I wonder where gender confirming surgery falls on that spectrum, does anyone know?
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Then what is the justification for cancelling or delaying them? We have some ability to test for infection, so it can’t be to protect health care workers. Why should infected patients get priority? Is it just political?
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It’s called triage. “You’re likely to die within days without treatment? You get in.” “You’re not likely to die within days without treatment? We have no room for you. Come back when you are.”
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