stuartbman

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by stuartbman 6y ago
Did they perform regular PCR testing on staff? No, and so they didn't detect any asymptomatic carriers. By comparison, all NHS staff are doing biweekly lateral flow tests, and hundreds of staff are detected prior to symptoms this way.
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by stuartbman 6y ago
The utility of the test decreases with reduced risk. A 99% specific test is good when there are high levels of disease going around (e.g. covid in a hospital). In the community, rates are much lower, so the positive predictive value of the
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by stuartbman 6y ago
I can only comment on the study in front of me, and not the use cases that 'might have been'. In this case, they tested in a healthcare setting as there is a presumed higher risk of catching covid amongst participants. Would the s
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by stuartbman 6y ago
So some big limitations, speaking as a doctor. Firstly, I'm surprised that they allowed watches on the ward. They're a huge infection risk and most places are bare below the elbows (NHS), moreso for covid. Secondly, they only look
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Holding medical AI trials to a higher standard(explainthispaper.com)
2 points by stuartbman 6y ago|0 comments
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New Guidelines for Clinical Trials with AI- Consort and Spirit(explainthispaper.com)
1 points by stuartbman 6y ago|0 comments
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by stuartbman 6y ago
Hey thanks for this work, genuinely found it really useful! If you have any comments or feedback on our summary of it let me know- we've added thoughts and comments from authors on other papers
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by stuartbman 6y ago
I work in a hospital. They have switched the default search engine to ecosia. All adverts are blocked, so it cant help plant trees, and because it's bing, the carbon footprint is then positive (rather than at least neutral with Google)
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Secure and blinded medical data analysis with OpenSAFELY(explainthispaper.com)
14 points by stuartbman 6y ago|2 comments
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Secure, blinded medical data analysis with OpenSAFELY(explainthispaper.com)
2 points by stuartbman 6y ago|0 comments
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by stuartbman 6y ago
Anecdotally, here's a lot more 'ancillary bloat' in academia now. You can't just buy a microscope, it has to go through a purchasing department. You can't buy your own conference tickets, there's a dedicated bu
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by stuartbman 6y ago
Thanks for mentioning this, it's always difficult determining which levels of information to include, and which to leave out. I agree this is worth mentioning and I've now added this in to the article.
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by stuartbman 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback. As a researcher I'm more interested in the methods of how they've achieved this performance and this was what I wanted to share. The top use cases are briefly listed here but frankly unlimited within and b
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by stuartbman 6y ago
I genuinely thought this was helpful! I wrote the article to make the methods more transparent and understandable, sorry if it's not worked for you.
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Has AI 'solved' protein folding?(explainthispaper.com)
29 points by stuartbman 6y ago|23 comments
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by stuartbman 6y ago
Re: point 2 While the healthcare is centralised, the data is not, and often poorly federated between a multitude of organisations. Scotland has unified this much more and is far better placed to monitor for efficacy and side effects.
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The seeds of lockdown were sown 300M years ago(stumaitland.medium.com)
2 points by stuartbman 6y ago|0 comments
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Majority of Scots Wiki written by US teenager with no knowledge of language(reddit.com)
3 points by stuartbman 6y ago|2 comments
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by stuartbman 7y ago
I do, but the issue is also true for HCC, as the damage is often quite diffuse and less amenable to resection (DOI- not a liver doctor)
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by stuartbman 7y ago
Unfortunately most liver cancer is metastases from elsewhere, and once its in the liver, its likely to have spread to other organs as well, so this will not affect prognosis as you say until the cancer itself is treated.
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by stuartbman 7y ago
ECMO is an amazing technology that's often used in futile situations. I don't know who the ideal candidate is for it, but a young, fit, hypothermic cardiac arrest victim is pretty high up on the list
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by stuartbman 7y ago
Its worth saying that some of the side effects of the newer immunotherapies are bizarre, idiosyncratic, and unpleasant, in a different way from chemotherapies. This is definitely good news, but patients undergoing treatment for melanoma are
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by stuartbman 7y ago
Not to disagree with your experience, but to clarify. Postnatal checks by the doctor may be performed up to 72 hours after birth [1]. The reason that the doctor might not be available, is because they may be attending a neonatal arrest call
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by stuartbman 7y ago
No, it's because large parts of the hippocratic oath are outdated and involve refusal to teach medicine to those not in the fraternity, and refusing abortions. In the UK, this has been replaced by Duties of a Doctor, which is much mor
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by stuartbman 7y ago
The funniest sight I've ever seen in the hospital was a fly in the operating theatre, being chased by half a dozen scrub nurses with disinfectant spray
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by stuartbman 7y ago
Primary care is so much about forming a lifelong relationship between doctor and patient, finding a way for the patient to inject their own hopes, worries, dreams feels so important, and beyond the proscribed tick boxes.
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by stuartbman 7y ago
Is this just minecraft pokemon go?
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by stuartbman 8y ago
Happy to be corrected as I'm not an MR physicist, but I understand the problem is with any coils in the electronics rather than ferrous material.
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by stuartbman 8y ago
As said previously, they used to use these, but having an induction loop means you can never have an MRI as this would superheat the coil. I'd rather have the option of an MRI should I need it, and a daycase procedure to change my batt
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by stuartbman 8y ago
I've tried a few document management solutions, but I can't get past the fact that annotating documents by hand is so much more satisfying, I can't angrily scribble or circle text when they're digital!

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