#Clinical

It's not just that poorly designed and improperly analyzed clinical trials can directly lead to patient harms...they also delay otherwise attainable patient benefits. Just think of the progress we could
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1/ Blood cancer patients: We still don’t know how effective the current Covid 19 vaccinations will be in people with a blood cancer - it may be an ‘individual response’.
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lateral flow testing seems to be generating quite a lot of interest as a way to separate actual clinical cov infection from positive PCR tests from trace or "dead" virus.if
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Experience and expertise is there a difference?How does one develop expertise in ones chosen field of clinical care?Twitter is famous for it’s echo chambers and camps of belief and support.
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1/ I have noted that a lot of Zimbabweans have a number of questions about the Sinopharm vaccine. I have also noticed that there is also a lot of myths
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A Thread, if you’ll indulge me... I’m really pleased I retweeted this earlier and that it’s hopefully made some difference. It’s reminded me of the power dynamic that exists when
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The first — and only — randomized controlled study of the use of face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is finished. The conclusion: masks are most effective if
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I mentioned on my first #DoctoralOTUK Tweet that I started my PhD as soon as I qualified as an #OccupationalTherapist and I think it’s important to explore that a little
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Bolsonaro celebrated the haltering of the clinical trial of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac in the middle of a pandemic, which has already killed more than 160 thousand Brazilians, due to
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Finishing up 2 weeks on inpatient (non-COVID, largely) service. Reflecting back, particularly in light of my friend David Weinstock's perspective on being a physician scientist involved in clinical care; https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10
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Maintaining clinical practice as PhD or DNP/DPT tenure stream faculty is very difficult despite the essential need in #Nursing and probably PT too.While I believe current clinical practice is essential
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I touched on the Pfizer covid19 vaccine trial during my #ACR20 CRC talk this morning. I am not an expert on vaccine trials - this is a specialized field within
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I just want to be clear: while I understand and have similar frustrations with turnaround times for #COVIDー19 testing, I'm afraid the angst is falling on the laboratories...and I do
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A note on vaccines. The numbers we are seeing from Moderna and Pfizer are efficacy, not effectiveness. Efficacy is a number calculated during clinical trials - these are highly controlled
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Can Ireland's clinical genetics services crisis be turned into an opportunity? It's possible, and might be the best way of investing Irish health care €€Just bumping up the number of
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Russia is now starting mass coronavirus vaccinations of its population with the Sputnik V vaccine. They are doing this without robust safety data from Phase 3 clinical trials. That really
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