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This is discussion forum for physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals interested in the epistemology of medical knowledge, the limitations of the evidence, how clinical trials evidence is generated, disseminated, and incorporated into clinical practice, how the evidence should optimally be incorporated into practice, and what the value of the evidence is to science, individual patients, and society.

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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Misunderstanding and Misuse of Basic Clinical Decision Principles among Child Abuse Pediatricians

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The previous post about Dr. Cox, ensnared in a CPT (Child Protection Team) witch hunt in Wisconsin, has led me to evaluate several more res...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Move Over Feckless Extubation, Make Room For Reckless Extubation

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Following the theme of some recent posts on Status Iatrogenicus  ( here and here ) about testing and treatment thresholds, one of our st...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Don't Get Soaked: The Practical Utility of Predicting Fluid Responsiveness

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In this article in the September 27th issue of JAMA , the authors discuss the rationale and evidence for predicting fluid responsiveness ...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Billions and Billions of People on Statins? Damn the Torpedos and Full Speed Ahead

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Absolutely Relative Risk is in the Mind of the Taker Among the many editorials providing background and backlash about the new cholest...
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Professor of Medicine, University of Utah. Former affiliations: Outside Hospital x 7.5 years; Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University; Fellowship & MPH: Johns Hopkins Hospital & Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Residency: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; MD: The Ohio State University; BA, Spanish: Miami University, Ohio. All views are my own with NO institutional endorsement.
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