Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on the surgeon’s birthday

Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by jgtrosh on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:24AM (#25441361)

But the more you avoid birthday surgeries altogether, the more those that end up still happening are extreme cases with high mortality rates. So if your target is to avoid this scary statistical anomaly, you might instead want to promote more benign surgeries on birthdays.

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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by mrow84 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:44AM (#25443905)

The types of surgeries performed should be controlled for when performing a statistical study.

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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by UncleMeat on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:35AM (#25456470)

They were. This entire line of criticism comes from not reading the study methods.

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