Today I joined in a questin by Navnit Dholakia on whether the Government would suspend deportations of failed asylum-seekers to the central provinces of Iraq. The UNHCR has warned us twice about the dangers to which returnees are exposed, and I asked about the steps being taken about the Kurdish Regional Government's ban on flights to Erbil. This means that deported Kurds are landed in Baghdad, being left to make their own arrangement to get back to the Kurdish-ruled province.
An email from Mr S at KCH this afternoon, saying that Mr R the vascular surgeon will see me on July 6 "to explain the outcome of the multidisciplinary meeting discussion with regard to your Abdmonial Aortic Aneurysm". He will explain in detail the management plan and also answer any questions or concerns I might have. In the mean time he is arranging for me to have an echocardiogram and CPX tests, non invasive tests to assess the heart and lung function so they can plan the surgery. Mr S assumes that I know CPX stands for Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, a non-invasive and objective method of evaluating both cardiac and pulmonary function. It allowing a very accurate numerical assessment of possible cardiac failure, in a quantified
fashion, used routinely to evaluate all elderly patients prior to major intra-cavity surgery. I don't remember having it before the maltoma operation in 2006, but perhaps I wasn't considered elderly then.
fashion, used routinely to evaluate all elderly patients prior to major intra-cavity surgery. I don't remember having it before the maltoma operation in 2006, but perhaps I wasn't considered elderly then.
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