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Dyspnea and Pleurex Clinics   at
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Connect Care Specialty: Pulmonology
Connect Care Department: CGY TBCC DYSPNEA CLINIC
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 2 weeks
Alberta Health Services - Cancer Care Alberta
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Clinic offers symptom relief to cancer patients with shortness of breath due to malignant pleural effusions.Clinic for patients with a presumed or confirmed malignant pleural effusion, specializing in tunneled pleural catheters.
Clinic offers symptom relief to cancer patients with shortness of breath due to malignant pleural effusions.Clinic for patients with a presumed or confirmed malignant pleural effusion, specializing in tunneled pleural catheters.
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
The Dyspnea clinic has 2 locations both at the TBCC and the SHC (Pleurex Clinic). The initial referral is sent to the Dyspnea clinic at the TBCC and the referrals are triage accordingly by the Nurse Coordinator for the clinic. Patients are usually seen in the clinic within 1 week of the referral.
Fax completed referral form to TBCC Dyspnea Clinic at 403-270-8407.

Connect Care Users: Use the Ambulatory Referral Order to the respective specialty in Connect Care.
The Dyspnea clinic has 2 locations both at the TBCC and the SHC (Pleurex Clinic). The initial referral is sent to the Dyspnea clinic at the TBCC and the referrals are triage accordingly by the Nurse Coordinator for the clinic. Patients are usually seen in the clinic within 1 week of the referral.
Fax completed referral form to TBCC Dyspnea Clinic at 403-270-8407.

Connect Care Users: Use the Ambulatory Referral Order to the respective specialty in Connect Care.
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS

*Mark referral URGENT*and fax to TBCC Dyspnea Clinic at 403-270-8407 and call triage coordinator to discuss at 403-521-3511.

*Mark referral URGENT*and fax to TBCC Dyspnea Clinic at 403-270-8407 and call triage coordinator to discuss at 403-521-3511.

EMERGENCY REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Eligibility for the clinic is a Pleural Effusion that has been tapped by thoracentesis and the fluid sent for  Cytology, LD, Total Protein, Albumin, glucose and cell count. The patient must have an underlying malignancy or suspected malignancy. We require a referral letter from the referring physician.
Eligibility for the clinic is a Pleural Effusion that has been tapped by thoracentesis and the fluid sent for  Cytology, LD, Total Protein, Albumin, glucose and cell count. The patient must have an underlying malignancy or suspected malignancy. We require a referral letter from the referring physician.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS
The TBCC Dyspnea Clinic plays a significant role within CancerControlAlberta. CancerControl Alberta reduces the impact of cancer on all Albertans and provides expert care and support for patients from their first symptom to survivorship. Our goal is to be a leader in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and palliative care, all on a foundation of world-class research.

For the Tom Baker location, patients who have a pleural effusion and are symptomatic will be seen within one week.

Please note that the patient must be notified of referral prior to submission of referral to TBCC.
*Note; It is the referring physician's responsibility to arrange for thoracentesis if needed prior to initial Dyspnea Clinic appointment.  Please order chemistry (LD, total protein, albumin, glucose and C&S) as well as cytology, if thoracentesis is done.
The TBCC Dyspnea Clinic plays a significant role within CancerControlAlberta. CancerControl Alberta reduces the impact of cancer on all Albertans and provides expert care and support for patients from their first symptom to survivorship. Our goal is to be a leader in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and palliative care, all on a foundation of world-class research.

For the Tom Baker location, patients who have a pleural effusion and are symptomatic will be seen within one week.

Please note that the patient must be notified of referral prior to submission of referral to TBCC.
*Note; It is the referring physician's responsibility to arrange for thoracentesis if needed prior to initial Dyspnea Clinic appointment.  Please order chemistry (LD, total protein, albumin, glucose and C&S) as well as cytology, if thoracentesis is done.
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Communication of referral receipt to referral source will occur within 7 calendar days.
  • Communication of appointment details or wait list status to patient and referral source will occur within 14 calendar days.
  • Communication of initial appointment outcomes to referral source will occur within 30 calendar days.
 
PHONE
403-521-3511
FAX
403-270-8407 (Fax referrals to)
REFERRAL FORM
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Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Timing
Additional Details
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Dyspnea
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Thoracentesis with pleural fluid sent for LD, Total Protein, Albumin, cell count , glucose and cytology
 
Within 1 month
Is patient anticoagulated? If yes, identify agent.
 
Current
What treatments are currently being used or planned.
 
Current
Any other pertinent information.
 
Current
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Pleural effusion due to malignancy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Thoracentesis with pleural fluid sent for LD, Total Protein, Albumin, cell count , glucose and cytology
 
Within 1 month
Is patient anticoagulated? If yes, identify agent.
 
Current
What treatments are currently being used or planned.
 
Current
Any other pertinent information.
 
Current
Confirmed on chest x-ray or CT
 
Current
Indicate cancer diagnosis; primary/metastic
 
Current
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Thoracentesis
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Thoracentesis with pleural fluid sent for LD, Total Protein, Albumin, cell count , glucose and cytology
 
Within 1 month
Is patient anticoagulated? If yes, identify agent.
 
Current
What treatments are currently being used or planned.
 
Current
Any other pertinent information.
 
Current
Indicate date of, amount drained
 
Current
*Note; It is the referring physician's responsibility to arrange for thoracentesis if needed prior to initial Dyspnea Clinic appointment.  Please order chemistry (LD, total protein, albumin, glucose and C&S) as well as cytology, if thoracentesis is done.
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
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MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES

Please be aware that if 3 appointments are missed without reason, we will require a new referral to be sent from the referring provider.

Please be aware that if 3 appointments are missed without reason, we will require a new referral to be sent from the referring provider.

 
HOURS OF OPERATION
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Description:
Office hours are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Clinic is held Wednesday mornings.
   
 
ADDRESS
Main floor
1331 29 Street NW
Calgary Alberta
T2N 4N2
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS

Located at the intersection of 16 Avenue NW and 29 Street NW.

Transit:
Public transportation is available to this facility.  

Located at the intersection of 16 Avenue NW and 29 Street NW.

Transit:
Public transportation is available to this facility.  

 
PHONE
403-521-3511
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS

Due to ongoing construction at the Foothills Medical Centre please allow for additional time for parking and making your way to your appointment.
Parking payment due in advance. Any pay station can be used to pay for any lot.
Pay stations are located in all parking areas and most building entrances.
Parking pay stations accept coin and all major credit cards. Accessible parking is available in all public parking lots and secondary surface lots.
Parking rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities. 

Due to ongoing construction at the Foothills Medical Centre please allow for additional time for parking and making your way to your appointment.
Parking payment due in advance. Any pay station can be used to pay for any lot.
Pay stations are located in all parking areas and most building entrances.
Parking pay stations accept coin and all major credit cards. Accessible parking is available in all public parking lots and secondary surface lots.
Parking rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities. 

 
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VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
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Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

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  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
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  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
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Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

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