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TWITJC Week 19 29/04/2012

The Ascert Study PCI vs CABG

  1. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    Good evening and welcome to the 19th week of the journal club - lead tonight by a viral-ridden @silv24 #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:00:51
  2. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    Tonight's paper is the ASCERT study - see twitjc.com/2012/04/week-1… for more details #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:01:32
  3. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    As always we start with introductions - I am @silv24, soon to be an ACCS anaesthetics trainee and current haematology F2 #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:02:34
  4. northern_doctor
    Northern Doctor@northern_doctor
    Hi @twitjournalclub , I'm Mark - ST4 in Elderly Med #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:03:55
  5. amitns
    Amit Singh@amitns
    Hi, GP from N Wales #TwitJC
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:04:32
  6. elinlowri
    Elin Roddy@elinlowri
    Hi @twitjournalclub I'm Elin, consultant in respiratory/general medicine #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:05:46
  7. drjamiegreen
    Jamie Green@drjamiegreen
    #twitjc I should get involved... Jamie Green, ST2 general practice.
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:07:16
  8. jonjhilton
    Jon Hilton@jonjhilton
    Evening all, I'm Jon, a 3rd year medical student at St George's in London #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:07:07
  9. christiplady
    Chris Tiplady@christiplady
    Hello #twitjc @twitjournalclub I'm Chris. Haematologist in Northumbria
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:07:56
  10. Benjimedic
    Ben H@Benjimedic
    evening everyone, I'm Ben, 4th year medical student at Warwick Medical School. #TwitJC
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:08:37
  11. gplectures
    Gary Rogers@gplectures
    Hi I'm Gary a GP from Norfolk #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:08:51
  12. tom__gorman
    Tom Gorman@tom__gorman
    Hi all, I'm Tom, a public health trainee, but soon jumping ship to VTS. Only had time to skim paper so will probably be little slow! #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:07:25
  13. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    Good evening all and thank you for joining in, the joy of this being virtual is I can't share my cold with you all! #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:07:32
  14. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    The first discussion point...How methodologically sound is this study? #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:08:44
  15. amitns
    Amit Singh@amitns
    a very convoluted methodology IMO #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:10:58
  16. elinlowri
    Elin Roddy@elinlowri
    @twitjournalclub Well, it's observational and retrospective so, errr..... #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:11:09
  17. silv24
    Natalie Silvey@silv24
    Interesting study using two databases with a large data set but observational which always has issues #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:11:25
  18. northern_doctor
    Northern Doctor@northern_doctor
    Observational methodology is fair enough, but the statistical jiggery-pokery was a bit too complicated for me to suss out! #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:12:37
  19. gplectures
    Gary Rogers@gplectures
    did the 1 yr survival include operative mortality, or was it just survival after discharge #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:13:55
  20. elinlowri
    Elin Roddy@elinlowri
    . @northern_doctor Used to worry when I didn't understand the stats. Now I know it's the stats fault. Good studies = simple stats #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:14:04
  21. Benjimedic
    Ben H@Benjimedic
    its pretty flawed. Observational study means no real selection criteria meaning patient characteristics variable…. #TwitJC
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:14:14
  22. tom__gorman
    Tom Gorman@tom__gorman
    @amitns Yes agree, though was an interesting one. First thought re databases - how complete are they - didn't find much on this #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:14:28
  23. amitns
    Amit Singh@amitns
    @northern_doctor absolutely #twitjc an interesting way to address some of the limitations of RCTs perhaps
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:14:44
  24. silv24
    Natalie Silvey@silv24
    Have to admit I re-read the method section several times and still a bit confused by it all with the propsensity scores #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:15:01
  25. twitjournalclub
    TwitJournalClub@twitjournalclub
    RT @gplectures: did the 1 yr survival include operative mortality, or was it just survival after discharge #twitjc
    Sun, Apr 29 2012 12:16:12

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