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by rscho 2y ago
Honestly, I think there are very little prerequisites. I'm an MD dabbling into stats and found the book very well made as well as understandable.
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by rscho 2y ago
I second that. The TOC is unusable. However, it's probably aligned with the author's intention of it being a course and not a reference book.
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by rscho 2y ago
No, this presupposes that the machine won't interact solely with the medical record, but mostly directly with the patient. At least, that's my understanding. In this view, medical records won't be just text records anymore, b
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by rscho 2y ago
> is a little unnerving Why so? You were lucky! You had a low probability for the diagnosis, but the doc made the right decision. That's to be celebrated. > did not qualify for a study on heart attack risk because she was only 39
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by rscho 2y ago
Maybe for you, but not for most people. Because most people do not behave the way you are describing. Most people express themselves in vague, sometimes incomprehensible ways linked to their cultural and personal background. Their prioritie
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by rscho 2y ago
No, typically a court would summon an expert on the topic for testimony. Such an expert, as most any doc, would understand the limits of guidelines/calculators/etc. and judge accordingly. A typical clinical presentation resulting
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by rscho 2y ago
It is said that "90% of diagnosis is made on patient history". That's the whole problem for machines. We'll need machines able to converse and integrate patient appearance, behaviour etc. as well as humans, and reliably
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by rscho 2y ago
> replace most medical professionals with genAI language models as soon as the regulations allow Understandable, I guess. But not feasible now, nor in the foreseeable future. The problem is not even "AI" performance. The real p
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by rscho 2y ago
> if you are under 40 you will never encounter a physician who believes you are at risk of heart attack or stroke This is absolutely not true. Only someone knowing nothing about healthcare could come to such a conclusion. > guidelines
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by rscho 2y ago
The idea that private funding means that what is studied matters is highly dubious at best. Most private research pertains to application and product development, and often relies on fundamental discoveries coming from academic labs. Only a
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by rscho 2y ago
Without a doubt, one of the greatest games of all times!
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by rscho 2y ago
I don't joke. I'm a serious doctor :-D
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by rscho 2y ago
Well, phenylephrine is ineffective when used incorrectly. You're supposed to grind the pill and snort it. Works much better ;-D
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by rscho 2y ago
The book is ok for core Prolog, but quite old and many new features have been made available since then. Including stuff making parts of the core language obsolete. Honestly, the language is super small. Best way to learn IMO is to go on h
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by rscho 2y ago
Why would it be better for error handling? If you'll be using unidirectional flow only, then the point is moot. But using clp is arguably better IMO, allowing type and range checks while allowing relational execution.
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by rscho 2y ago
Functional logic programming much before Verse https://mercurylang.org/
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by rscho 2y ago
There are many ways to recover relational behaviour. Libs such as clp(fd) (superseded by clp(Z)), clp(BNR) and others.
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by rscho 2y ago
racket does not differentiate between () [] {}, so you don't have to use square brackets if you don't like them.
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How to Make Racket Go Almost as Fast as C(lambdaland.org)
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by rscho 2y ago
You should have seen the COVID period on HN. It was glorious!
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by rscho 2y ago
I understand what you say, and there is some truth to it. However it's also justified that society asks something in return for societal benefits. That's pretty much the foundings of insurance. The extent to which that should go i
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by rscho 2y ago
There are devices that are sold with various swappable cuff sizes.
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by rscho 2y ago
Well, it's clearly an echo chamber. There's very little actual transmission of knowledge in those topics. It's almost always about confirming pre existing beliefs. I'm an MD too, but I've been raised by scientists.
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by rscho 2y ago
> Engineer-minded people can discover lots and lots of such "obvious" issues in healthcare It is a defining characteristic of "engineer-minded people" to think they understand better than others. Amusingly, they won&#
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by rscho 2y ago
Cuff sizes are targeted to a range of arm sizes. The range should be stated either on the cuff or in the manual. Using improper sizes over/underestimates the pressure values.
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by rscho 2y ago
But why go to these practitioners if you don't trust them ? Nobody should be forcing you. Is it because you want access to treatment solely on your own terms ?
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by rscho 2y ago
Pressure cuffs are sensitive to many factors outside blood pressure and are are pretty imprecise: news at eleven!
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by rscho 2y ago
Those topics are fascinating. They reflect how a pretty well-educated population subset thinks about healthcare. It's almost always entertaining!
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by rscho 2y ago
Yes, everyone can do that to some extent.
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by rscho 2y ago
... or most Schemes/Racket

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