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It goes without saying that this website and blog represents my own personal views and not those of my employer or their affiliates.
I also do not seek to represent the opinions of those who I 'retweet' or link on the site, nor ESICM or IFAD.

THIS WEBSITE IS NOT FOR PATIENTS. For patients, none of the material, opinions or commentary found on this website constitute medical advice in lieu of seeking counsel with a professional doctor. 

All educational material should be used in concordance with your local health care policy and hospital guidelines.

TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR - The resources are for information and education ONLY. They are not guidelines and should not in any way be used to dictate treatment plans or perform procedures on patients - we discuss this more below.

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GMC GUIDELINES
Communicating Information
68. You must be honest and trustworthy in all your communication with patients and colleagues. This means you must make clear the limits of your knowledge and make reasonable checks to make sure any information you give is accurate.
This website is not for patient use; only healthcare professionals and students. There is no patient-doctor relationship offered or made. I am an anaesthetics and ICM speciality doctor, and make reasonable checks to ensure the information in each educational resources is accurate. I also rely on you to let me know of any error or omission to help prevent any misinformation. All the content provided on this site (www.propofology.com) as well as any affiliated site such as Twitter, YouTube or partner websites is covered by this disclaimer.

69. When communicating publicly, including speaking to or writing in the media, you must maintain patient confidentiality. You should remember when using social media that communications intended for friends or family may become more widely available.
This website does not broadcast patient identifiable information, nor promotes material that does. Should you find anything on this website that contravenes this, please let me know immediately.

70. When advertising your services, you must make sure the information you publish is factual and can be checked, and does not exploit patients’ vulnerability or lack of medical knowledge.
This website is not for patients, only for healthcare professionals and students. The information published usually has cited sources and signposts. Drug doses given in the resources must never be used before checking them properly in a local formulary.
Please see the disclaimer.

This blog pro­vides gen­eral infor­ma­tion and dis­cus­sion about med­i­cine, health and related sub­jects.  The words and other con­tent pro­vided in this blog, and in any linked mate­ri­als, are not intended and should not be con­strued as med­ical advice. If the reader or any other per­son has a med­ical con­cern, he or she should con­sult with an appropriately-licensed physi­cian or other health care worker.
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Never dis­re­gard pro­fes­sional med­ical advice or delay in seek­ing it because of some­thing you have read on this blog or in any linked materials. If you think you may have a med­ical emer­gency, call your doc­tor or 000/999/111 immediately.

The views expressed on this blog and web­site have no rela­tion to those of any academic, hospital, practice or other insti­tu­tion with which the authors are  affiliated.

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This Terms of Use Agree­ment (“agree­ment”) is entered between and by “you” (the reader or any other user of this weblog, also known as Propofology, the “Site”), Dr David Lyness  (the “Principal author”) and any other authors who have directly contributed to the website (the ‘team’).  Access to the Site, and any use thereof, is sub­ject to the terms and con­di­tions set forth herein.  By access­ing, read­ing or oth­er­wise using the Site, you hereby agree to these terms and conditions.

This agree­ment con­tains dis­claimers and other pro­vi­sions that limit the Author’s lia­bil­ity to you.  Please read these terms and con­di­tions fully and care­fully.  If you do not agree to be bound to each and every term and con­di­tion set forth herein, please exit the Site and do not access, read or oth­er­wise use infor­ma­tion pro­vided herein.

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The Principal author pro­vides the Site and any ser­vices, infor­ma­tion, opinions, con­tent, ref­er­ences and links to other knowl­edge resources (col­lec­tively, “Con­tent”) for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only. The Author does not pro­vide any med­ical advice on the Site. Furthermore, the Author does not claim any right to dictate or guide any medical practice.

Access­ing, read­ing or oth­er­wise using the Site does not cre­ate a physician-patient rela­tion­ship between you and the Principal author.  Pro­vid­ing per­sonal or med­ical infor­ma­tion to the Principal author does not cre­ate a physician-patient rela­tion­ship between you and the Principal author or authors.

Noth­ing con­tained in the Site is intended to estab­lish a physician-patient rela­tion­ship, to replace the ser­vices of a trained physi­cian or health care pro­fes­sional, or oth­er­wise to be a sub­sti­tute for pro­fes­sional med­ical advice, diag­no­sis, or treatment.

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From time to time, the Site may con­tain health– or medical-related infor­ma­tion that is sex­u­ally explicit. If you find this infor­ma­tion offen­sive, you may not want to use the Site.

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MODIFICATION
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