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Remember that Vitamin C cures sepsis paper that could never be replicated in 9 RCTs?
Turns out there is a good reason why: it’s very likely fraudulent.
More brilliant statistical sleuthing by @K_Sheldrick.
kylesheldrick.blogspot.com/2022/03/eviden…
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Turns out there is a good reason why: it’s very likely fraudulent.
More brilliant statistical sleuthing by @K_Sheldrick.
kylesheldrick.blogspot.com/2022/03/eviden…
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To understand the proof you should read Dr Sheldricks post.
To summarize, he observed that in this non-randomized study the baseline characteristics of the pre & post intervention groups are far too perfectly matched. This perfect matching is unlikely to occur by chance.
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To summarize, he observed that in this non-randomized study the baseline characteristics of the pre & post intervention groups are far too perfectly matched. This perfect matching is unlikely to occur by chance.
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Specifically, you’d expect to see a range of p values for each baseline characteristic.
(This is especially true in a tiny trial with only n=47 patients)
Instead the range of p values for almost every variable was exactly 1.
This is *extremely* unlikely to occur by chance.
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(This is especially true in a tiny trial with only n=47 patients)
Instead the range of p values for almost every variable was exactly 1.
This is *extremely* unlikely to occur by chance.
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1/ Brain 🧠 #COVID19: Op-Ed w @danielalamas & 👀 tweets 2&3
“Delirium is mistakenly written off as a sidekick of major illness—an innocent bystander to real problems. #Delirium is not innocent.”
bit.ly/39GD3LS
#medtwitter #tipfornewdocs #medicalstudenttwitter #pulmcc
“Delirium is mistakenly written off as a sidekick of major illness—an innocent bystander to real problems. #Delirium is not innocent.”
bit.ly/39GD3LS
#medtwitter #tipfornewdocs #medicalstudenttwitter #pulmcc
2/ Brain 🧠 #COVID19: Op-Ed pt #1
My 1st EVER tweet 😀 April 2020 (below) featured Tisha Holt w #COVID19 texting on vent. Her permission granted: she remains on O2 & suffering PTSD. She Zooms in for our CIBS ICU Support group to help w #PICS. Are you following COVID survivors?
My 1st EVER tweet 😀 April 2020 (below) featured Tisha Holt w #COVID19 texting on vent. Her permission granted: she remains on O2 & suffering PTSD. She Zooms in for our CIBS ICU Support group to help w #PICS. Are you following COVID survivors?
3/fin Brain 🧠 #COVID19: Op-Ed pt #2
Pt permission granted: Adam Killion survived vent and COVID to make it w wife Beth to son’s 🎩!! See him rehabbing & w family here. There is so much HOPE. Let’s work together to cultivate this hope through service to our amazing patients!
Pt permission granted: Adam Killion survived vent and COVID to make it w wife Beth to son’s 🎩!! See him rehabbing & w family here. There is so much HOPE. Let’s work together to cultivate this hope through service to our amazing patients!
