Like treating cancer w/ carcinogens. Or infections w/ pathogens.
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(Figure adapted from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/730565)
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(Figure adapted from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4921729)
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(Image from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3057957... 1988!)
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You just can't tell by looking at a patient if your intervention is hurting them.
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We should be humble when predicting effects of our interventions.
academic.oup.com/bja/article/10…
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But I know that as a field, we've made steady, incremental progress in improving ARDS outcomes in recent decades. We're getting better at it.
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