Monthly Archives: September 2023

Tweet by Eric Topol on Twitter machine empathy

Eric Topol ⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩ “Machine-Made Empathy” 3 letters debating the interpretation of a recent study that showed #ChatGPT responses to patient questions were considered to be ~10X more empathetic than ⁦‪@Reddit‬⁩ doctors #AI jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… 9/11/23, 11:40 AM Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Studying Medicine on Delirium subtypes

Studying Medicine ⁦‪@USMLEStepStudy‬⁩ Delirium – acute disturbance in consciousness w/ fluctuating course of attention and change in perception or cognition; Types: hypoactive, hyperactive, mixed; Causes: hypertensive encephalopathy, sepsis, hypoglycemia, uremia, electrolyte derangement, acidosis, seizure, tumor pic.twitter.com/KmgF7geild 9/6/23, 10:12 PM Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Mark Oldham on delirium mouse model

Mark Oldham ⁦‪@MarkOldhamMD‬⁩ Interesting study on the mouse model of #delirium 💉Scopolamine vs LPS vs isoflurane anesthesia Scopolamine induced a delirium phenotype, including hyperactivity, but without evidence of cholinergic neuron damage. doi.org/10.24272/j.iss… pic.twitter.com/64dE3v2SYL 9/5/23, 12:27 PM Joseph Thornton

Tweet by Mark Oldham on Twitter gorilla blind inattentiveness

Mark Oldham ⁦‪@MarkOldhamMD‬⁩ How could something so obvious like #delirium go unnoticed? It’s called inattentional blindness. Our focus is just elsewhere. Even if delirium donned a gorilla costume, it would still be missed much of the time! Classic invisible gorilla experiment: bit.ly/3sGg5SC pic.twitter.com/Iir2HxChFw 9/5/23, 8:47 AM Joseph Thornton