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There's also the perverse incentives in the american medico-legal system: surgeons get sued for not performing surgery, or performing surgery badly, but they rarely get sued for pe…

The problem with that anecdote is that its all with the benefit of hindsight. Certainly, in this instance, non-operative management was appropriate. But the more important question…

Look at the graph in figure 2 - the massive overlap in the interquartlie ranges suggests that any differene in the median values can be attributed to random variation within the sa…

There's a role for a human-machine hybrid, and indeed there are also quite complicated control systems in work in anaesthesia. As an example, syringe pumps which perform pharmacoki…

A common comparison is drawn to flying a plane - its a proceduralised and mechanical process for a lot of the time, but occasionally unexpected things happen and you need knowledge…

ICU ventilators are surprisingly complicated machines, we've just brought some HAMILTON-C6 machines at work if you want an idea of the top of the line. Ventilating sick COVID patie…

Doesn't seem to be very helpful - In a multicenter cohort of 302 patients with MERS coronavirus, 92% of patients treated with BiPAP failed this modality and required intubation (Al…

ICU ventilators are surprisingly complicated machines, we've just brought some HAMILTON-C6 machines at work if you want an idea of the top of the line I would consider the followin…

I'm an anaesthetics and intensive care trainee, so I know something about ventilation. The reason COVID-19 patients need to get ventilated is due to a failure of oxygenation - the …

I work in the NHS, this is the current user experience 1. Type in user name and password onto computer 2. Logs in to windows, normally taking ~60 seconds, unless you've got the com…

Google "ECMO walking"

"helpful" may be defined as helpful in preventing the doctor from being sued

Approximately 80 percent of the global opioid supply is consumed in the United States, which represents only 5 percent of the global population "There was about 300 million pain pr…

That wouldn't be able to detect a heart attack, its to look for atrial fibrillation (AF), which is a long-term abnormality of heart rhythm associated with increased stroke risk

To properly rule out a heart attack you would need a) A twelve-lead EKG - which requires twelve wires to be connected to specific locations on your body and b) Blood tests Therefor…

A pulse oximiter measures the oxygen content of arterial blood in the peripheries. A heart attack is caused by a localised blockage of the arteries to the heart, causing reduced ox…

Basic thermodynamics: If inputs > outputs, there is net energy storage (as fat or protein) If inputs Inputs = food and drink consumed Outputs = Basal metabolic rate (BMR) + energy …

That robot performs sedation, not general anaesthesia. Sedation provides a slight depression in awareness and pain sensation, and is much easier than full general anaesthesia, in w…

I saw an asthmatic woman in A+E today, all her blood tests were in the 'normal' range, does that mean she's well? No, she was very unwell. However the test results would either be …

There are certainly handoff errors, but the vast majority of these can be avoided with a well structured handoff with safety-checks built in. The problems that make handoff bad inc…

Medical histories are useful when thinking about diagnosis and management. The problem is that they're rarely accessible in a concise or summarized format. Medical systems produce …

> Would you similarly dismiss phantom pain and prescribe anti-depressants and CBT? Well, there is good evidence that both antidepressants and CBT work for phantom limb pain, so yes…

Sounds like good advice to me - any particular books / resources you'd recommend. I've come across Haverbeke's 'Eloquent JavaScript' which looks good

I've got a little experience with Python, and I like how the simplistic syntax works. I'm keen to develop JS code, but I'm confused by the current JS ecosystem. Is it best to learn…

Reasons I think this is probably bullshit 1) He claims that computer/phone induced postural changes are responsible for the forward stoop which occurs with age - the 'dowager's hum…