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by davak 3y ago
HypoNa -- I think you made a throwaway account for this reply, but I would really appreciate continuing this conversation with you. My email is available under my profile.
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by davak 3y ago
Added as a Kagi bang! Love it.
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by davak 4y ago
Agree. You could consider marketing to the DJ community where actually buying the music is commonplace.
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by davak 4y ago
This is likely related to COVID as well, just indirectly. - Research has shown that recent COVID-19 infection increases risk of heart attacks, strokes, and a ton of other vascular diseases. - Overwhelmed hospital systems will have poorer ou
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by davak 4y ago
The mayor has been begging* for funds from the state for a long time now to fix the problem though. That being said, I'm sure there is lots of local and state mismanagement that would go into causing such an embarrassment. * https:&#x
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by davak 5y ago
Install failed. OS X 10.14.6. Happy to help debug with you.
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by davak 5y ago
I hate chart hacking. However, cases are up over 130% in the last two weeks. Hospitalizations up 80%. (1) The surge is unfortunately real. (1) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html
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by davak 5y ago
Good take. Arterial clots with thrombocytopenia is incredibly rare. Additionally the PF4 activity in these patients is very abnormal and appears to be to immune mediated. Lots of science and focus going into the mechanism around this now.
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by davak 5y ago
This was not testing against the South African and Japan/Brazil variants that are much more likely to escape vaccination antibodies. This UK variant is mostly problematic against the unvaccinated. In the lab the South Africa and Japan
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by davak 6y ago
Probably too late for anybody's interest, but the risk of getting this from food is suspected to be incredibly low. Droplets being inhaled, entering through the eyes, or nasal mucous membranes are the likely real threats.
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by davak 6y ago
I dealing some on the distribution side of this. NYT has a pretty good article explaining all the infrastructure that is being rolled out. (1) Even dry ice in coolers is low tech but gets you a lot of time considering storage for the second
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by davak 6y ago
Some of the KN95s have been found to be counterfeit. Some of the ones we tested were no better than a cloth mask. When buying KN95s, please check that they've been validated by the CDC's list. If it's legitimate KN95, it pro
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by davak 6y ago
"Disposable" medical masks cost pennies to make, can be worn for multiple days, and are highly effective. In an environment where some folks refuse or can't mask, they are the most effective way for people to keep themselves
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by davak 6y ago
The primary difference in a medical mask and an N95 respirator is the tight seal that doesn't allow air around the sides. Unless you are in a high risk aerosolized environment, an N95 is unlikely to give you much additional benefit. Mo
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by davak 6y ago
I'm a critical care doc and directly involved with COVID administrative policies for my health system organization. I have recently told friends and family to start buying and wearing medical masks. Our experience is that medical mask
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by davak 7y ago
Yes. Very easily.
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by davak 7y ago
IL6 is an inflammatory cytokine released due to a ton of stressors. Like fever, tachycardia, or tachypnea — this may be more a marker of sickness than sepsis. Hopefully not, but let’s see the trial first.
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by davak 7y ago
As somebody that has this specific discussion regularly, I find that framing it as a group has helped in circumstances similar to yours. Framing it this way to your family and the health care team may help. “This decision is so difficult, l
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by davak 8y ago
I am a nerdy physician desperate to work with somebody on decision tree based expert systems. Are there a bunch of existing projects that I’m just missing?
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by davak 8y ago
I am physician. Would love to work on a decision support tool...
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by davak 9y ago
Underrated reply for the chemistry pun. As a physician we do occasionally see folks die from hyponatremia (low salt) from overly correcting dehydration with water. It’s a terrible tragedy.
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by davak 9y ago
Zillions of reasons. If you miss your meds, that stent can abruptly occlude and cause death. Maybe you open one large vessel but the downstream vessels are clogged—even microscopically. Place enough useless stents and you’ll hurt patients f
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by davak 9y ago
In our ICU data we found that missing fields also predicted worse outcomes. My theory is that in sicker patients nurses are less worried about collecting all the data. But who knows.
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by davak 10y ago
One brief clarification. Doc salaries are higher, but cost and length of training is higher too. Four years of college and four years of med school dig the hole very deep. Then three to eight more years often working below minimum wage as t
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by davak 10y ago
Do you have hardware or can you let me know hardware you are currently using?
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by davak 10y ago
Source or sarcasm tag. Needs one or the other.
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by davak 10y ago
Often negative results are never published. Great post.
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by davak 10y ago
Anybody found that any of the continuous feedback tools are actually helpful either as the employee or manager?
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by davak 10y ago
I don't have a downvote, but isn't this just spam?
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by davak 10y ago
Congratulations on breaking free. Humbly, I would suggest, however, that your incredibly difficult journey made your now better life possible. Many of us have sacrificed multiple years of our lives for a better future. Four years of medical

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