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Raj Mehta, MD

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1/ A tweetorial on false positives & transposing the conditional!Or why interpreting type 1 error can be so confusing.This is a common topic that overlaps in medical testing, data reporting,

1/ Tweetorial on Decision making and Evidence Based MedicineOrIntegrating Bayesian Inference, Utility, and Uncertainty to optimize rational Medical Decisions. 2/ General disclaimer, this is more of a proposal on how

1/ Thread on evaluating benefits vs harms of masks for infectious diseases & #covid19. orWhy i think the claim that masks have equal probability of causing harm & benefit is

1/ Brief EBM thread on cognitive bias related to interpreting early information, or "How to assess if an unconventional arguments is based on shared vs selective facts". Inspired by posts

1/ Tweetorial on Cause & Effect in Evidence Based MedicineAlternatively: why we need to know the natural history of diseaseCausal reasoning is a core part of the practice of medicine,