#Randomization

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

I want to talk about an important new study on racial disparities in infant survival, from @RRHDr & colleagues.The tl;dr: Black infants in the US are less likely to die

Benjamin Lebwohl

BenjaminLebwohl

We are so fortunate to have vaccines that are 95% effective against Covid-19. But was does 95% effectiveness mean? 1/ “95% effective” has been misinterpreted widely, with implications for our

Christopher J. Colombo, MD

colombocj1

1/ In support of well-conducted trials, & proper scientific conclusions: A thread. Special Thanks to Andre Kalil, MD at University of Nebraska Medical Center, for content creation & encouragement. I

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

fperrywilson

Ok the @moderna_tx vaccine data is up at the @fda in advance of the #vrbpac meeting 12/17. Let's take a look! THREAD Starting with the big news - the cumulative

Sudhanwa Pathak

pathaksudh

There seems to be a vertical division among #medtwitterindia about Ayurveda. One group derides Ayurveda altogether, and jump to lable other modern practitioners as if they are endorses of quackery.

Marcio S Bittencourt

MBittencourtMD

You are unlikely to get the right answer if you ask the wrong question. This mask study is not only underpowered, it has design issues. Here are my thoughts on

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

Are you still shaking off the holiday? I know I am! How about a #cartooncausalinference #tweetorial about casual graphs to ease us into the new year? #epitwitter #DAGsfordocs #FOAMed #MedEd

Leticia Kawano-Dourado 🇧🇷

leticiakawano

1/ Reading w interest the pre-print on IL-6 antagonists for COVID-19 fromREMAP-CAP.Especially bc of the methodsAn adaptive platform trial (bayesian) somewhat similar to what we are doing in the @RENOVATEtrial

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

A thread for fellow statistical analysis plan nerds (warning: math ahead).From Pfizer's protocol, vaccine efficacy will be estimated by the incidence rate ratio. A tutorial on how this corresponds to

SciScore

sciscore

The Automated Screening Working Group (which includes @sciscore) has pooled tools and expertise to tackle the problem of research quality in fast-evolving, non-peer-reviewed publications, i.e., #COVID #preprints. This group asks,

Samer Al Hadidi, MD MSc

HadidiSamer

QUAZAR just published @NEJM. Maintenance oral AZA resulted in ~10 months longer OS in AML patients in first remission, results should be interpreted with caution:Difference in survival can be related

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

The real reason there is so much objection to idea of permuting equal co-authors is not, as so many are saying, the sanctity of the bibliographic record must be preserved.

Moritz Poll

MoritzPoll

A few thoughts on the piece by @DeatonAngus which culminates in: "RCTs have no unique advantages or disadvantages over other empirical methods in economics." Disclaimer: I've run RCTs for a

Kara Hartnett

kara_nashpost

I received my first injection today for the AstraZeneca vaccine trial. I joined because science is the only exit out of this pandemic and I wanted to help articulate the

Health Nerd

GidMK

A systematic review/meta-analysis of honey vs other cough/cold remedies came out yesterday in BMJ Evidence-Based MedicineI think this is worth a quick peer review on twitter 1/n 2/n The review

Andrew Althouse

ADAlthousePhD

Here is a little intro thread on how to do simulations of randomized controlled trials. This thread will take awhile to get all the way through & posted, so please

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