William F Parker, MD, PhD
@wfparker.bsky.social
Critical care | Assistant Prof @UChicagoPCCM and
@UChicagoPHS | Assistant Director @MacLeanEthics | empirical bioethics, scarce medical resource allocation
@UChicagoPHS | Assistant Director @MacLeanEthics | empirical bioethics, scarce medical resource allocation
Make you* more way more productive 🤦♂️
December 19, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Make you* more way more productive 🤦♂️
Reposted by William F Parker, MD, PhD
I'm crabby today but I wish we could have a little less pearl-clutching over "the children are citing AI hallucinations" and a little more over "tenured academics are citing documents that cite documents that cite documents that cite documents that don't support their claims."
December 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I'm crabby today but I wish we could have a little less pearl-clutching over "the children are citing AI hallucinations" and a little more over "tenured academics are citing documents that cite documents that cite documents that cite documents that don't support their claims."
Agree, but my claim is that the decision-making should be driven by the risks and benefits of antibiotic therapy for that particular patient (not external considerations)
December 10, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Agree, but my claim is that the decision-making should be driven by the risks and benefits of antibiotic therapy for that particular patient (not external considerations)
Sure, as long as the patient’s best interest and outcome is categorically more important and reducing antibiotic days is a means to that end.
This means treating a patient in shock with only a 10% of infection with broad spectrum antibiotics, for example.
This means treating a patient in shock with only a 10% of infection with broad spectrum antibiotics, for example.
December 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Sure, as long as the patient’s best interest and outcome is categorically more important and reducing antibiotic days is a means to that end.
This means treating a patient in shock with only a 10% of infection with broad spectrum antibiotics, for example.
This means treating a patient in shock with only a 10% of infection with broad spectrum antibiotics, for example.
Reposted by William F Parker, MD, PhD
This is just ludicrous misvaluation of the relative importance of one day of antibiotics vs a human life
December 10, 2024 at 12:26 AM
This is just ludicrous misvaluation of the relative importance of one day of antibiotics vs a human life
If you can answer all of these questions instantly and full detail and explain them to a trainee, I applaud your excellence.
But honestly, I think in most cases ChatGPT would do a better job.
As educators and doctors, we are ethically obligated to embrace these tools 6/6
But honestly, I think in most cases ChatGPT would do a better job.
As educators and doctors, we are ethically obligated to embrace these tools 6/6
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 AM
If you can answer all of these questions instantly and full detail and explain them to a trainee, I applaud your excellence.
But honestly, I think in most cases ChatGPT would do a better job.
As educators and doctors, we are ethically obligated to embrace these tools 6/6
But honestly, I think in most cases ChatGPT would do a better job.
As educators and doctors, we are ethically obligated to embrace these tools 6/6
What is the evidence for IM epinephrine in asthma? 5/
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 AM
What is the evidence for IM epinephrine in asthma? 5/
can organizing pneumonia develop in patients with pancytopenia? 4/
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 AM
can organizing pneumonia develop in patients with pancytopenia? 4/
how do the results of the CLOVERS trial inform central line placement practices for shock? 3/
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 AM
how do the results of the CLOVERS trial inform central line placement practices for shock? 3/
Why do continuous nebs cause a lactic acidosis? 2/
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Why do continuous nebs cause a lactic acidosis? 2/