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Alex Psirides

4 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read

Coffee Cures Covid. This gloriously cynical French study proves beyond statistical doubt that coffee's active constituent (1,3,6-trimethylxanthine) is the Next Big Thing. mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11…

Confirmed COVID patients were randomised to 65mg morning coffee vs control of those who refused it.

Is this the most French study ever conducted?

Coffee significantly reduced the use of antibiotics, % of lung-lesion abnormality on CT and reduced the hospital length of stay from 15 to 9.5 days in French COVID patients

And finally, the kicker.

"We opine that carefulness, criticism and collegiality are required to avoid pitfalls due to the multiplicity of articles on COVID-19... methodology & conscientiousness are the best way to avoid bias and hasty conclusions."

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6 Apr 20

I’m just a jobbing intensivist but if there’s one thing I’ve learned from this it’s best expressed as a 10 metre high neon sign saying ‘do what you normally do’ backlit by fireworks.

And the more I read stuff on here I’m inclined to wonder whether social media isn’t part of the COVID solution but driving the anthesis of the neon sign.

I’ve read about Perspex boxes and COVID phenotypes and fish tank decontaminants and some very strong opinions (because who doesn’t right now) on face mask fitting and remain mostly baffled at people changing established practices based on a tweet from someone they’ve never met.

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14 Dec 19

https://twitter.com/LDN_TC/status/1205506110041608193

I've been asked a few times about this slide so here's a thread about where it comes from, what it means, and why we should take it seriously.

https://twitter.com/LDN_TC/status/1205506110041608193

My argument is that the patients we look after and their families that we talk to approach sudden bad events with expectations informed by what they have seen.

Our outcome expectations are also informed by what we have seen. The difference is they are likely to have seen it on TV; we are likely to have seen it in emergency departments & intensive care units.

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Alex Psirides

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23 Nov 19

‘‘We Are Strangers Walking Into Their Life-Changing Event’’
This paper on paramedic experience of death is eminently quote-worthy. So I will:
jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-…

'The importance of understanding a family’s perspective was described in
these words: ‘‘What might be considered routine in
EMS is the worst emergency in the whole world for
the family.’’ '

'The importance of understanding the environment was most
simply described by the participant who explained
‘‘We have to remember that we are in their zone.’’ '

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