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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E
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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
MD
Dr. Saisudha Kotla

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Dr. Nagamani Ng

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
MD
Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

General & Family Physician

Exp 9 years

Dr.Raju
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Dr.Raju

General & Family Physician

Exp 11 years

Dr. Vaishalee Punj
MD
Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Massive Stroke Hospice

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Dr. Divakara MD

R.heel (stroke left her L.side paralysed). I am thinking of taking her off hospice & being more ...My Mom is 104 & had a major stroke abt. 2 mos. ago. P 2 swallow tests, they said it ALL was going ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Divakara ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.    Anshul Varshney MD

My step father is 84 years old and had a stoke resulting in inability to swallow, respond, right side does not move. We placed him in hospice care. He has afib and his heart rate is about 160 to 170 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anshul Varshney ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

I have end stage reanl disease and have chosen not to do dialysis . I am 84 and have had a significant stroke 3 years ago and can;t walk. My Doctor ordered hospice but did not indicate how long I have ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ajay Panwar MD

How long can a patient in XXXXXXX hospice care live? 2 days ago she was taken to emergency/intensive care for high blood pressure caused hemorraghic stroke on half of brain, is now in a coma, with ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ajay Panwar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Benard Shehu MD

We are considering hospice at home care for a 90 year old women with heart failure , COPD ... in her lungs. It seems there are many benefits to hospice what if any are the cons. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Benard Shehu ( Cardiologist)

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Dr. Malik MD

My 91 year old dad,stroke victim, fell at his assisted living home. Was checked out in er. Nothing broken and no bleeding in his brain area. Were worried as hospice program just took him off eleiquis as ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Malik ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD

My mother suffered a massive stroke last week, she is 82 years old and the doctor indicated for us ..., this is her second stroke, but the first was not massive and she was able to recover, not... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr.   Olsi Taka MD

My mom is 90 in January, she had a rig brain stroke sept 1 of this year.She is home with hospice care.She has much trouble relaxing & is very anxious & scared all the time, scared to be alone. She needs ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

Mom is 83, has a lymph node cancer on her right lung. She is also diabetic. Her hospice has put her ... decreasing to cloudy. Is there anything else I can do or inquire about. I m lost. She also had a stroke... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.    Ivan R. Rommstein MD

my nephew had a massive stroke he fell and hit his head so hard it moved his brain. They removed ... him to hospice. what are your thoughts? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein ( General Surgeon)