โWho am I to stop taking my medication?"
Patient Perspectives on Antithrombotic Therapy in Advanced Cancer
#cancer #thrombosis #geriatrics #medsky #medication #sdm #palliative
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โWho am I to stop taking my medication?"
Patient Perspectives on Antithrombotic Therapy in Advanced Cancer
#cancer #thrombosis #geriatrics #medsky #medication #sdm #palliative
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๐ง "#AI not one-size-fits-allโ?
Itโs not even one thing!
#AI is many has many faces:
๐งฎ Predictive models: Structured data โ labs, claims, vitals โ outcomes, stratify risk,.
๐ฃ๏ธ NLP, LLMs, and Generative AI: Messy, human language โ summarize, interpret, engage
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โ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?โ - ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ.
That question stayed with me.
When doctors want to stop medication, wefocus on the clinical reasoning: Risk of bleeding. Limited benefit. A burden.
โ๏ธ All true โ but not enough.
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Yes, always verify the information you get from a credible source!
23.08.2025 10:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐? ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ !
โก๏ธ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง
#Geriatrics
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Your turn: Have you caught AI in a confident mistake lately? How did you spot it?
(This example: I asked Claude Sonnet 4 about myself - see the confident but wrong response!)
#AIinHealthcare #Geriatrics #Delirium #HealthTech
8/8
Whether it's a confused patient telling me they're "fine" while clearly delirious, or an AI confidently giving me wrong info about someone...
The lesson is the same: verify, don't just trust.
7/8
With #AI, we should do the same - fact-check, cross-reference, and ask for evidence.
The risk is identical in both cases: the falsehood sounds convincing, and not catching it is dangerous.
6/8
In patient care, I always confirm with:
- Collateral history
- Objective facts
- Physical examination
We literally cannot trust what seems obvious without verification.
5/8
๐ง In humans: delirium is the brain under stress
๐ค In AI: it's algorithms filling gaps with patterns that sound plausible, but aren't anchored in reality
Both create false confidence in wrong information.
4/8
AI "hallucinations" tick some of these boxes - sudden onset, lack of true awareness, confident but flawed logic.
But here's the key difference... ๐งต
3/8
Both AI and delirium can produce convincing, yet completely wrong realities.
In patient care, delirium means:
- Acute onset & fluctuating course
- Disturbance in attention & awareness
- Cognitive change
- Direct consequence of medical condition
2/8
Help, my AI has a delirium ๐ต๐ซ
Last week - as a test - I asked an AI "who is Simon Mooijaart?" It gave me a confident, detailed answer... about someone else entirely ๐
As a geriatrician, this instantly reminded me of delirium - a condition I see daily at the bedside: #delirium
๐งต 1/8
Well said. Not including older adults in research studies about diseases that primarily affect older adults is just ageism, pure and simple.
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Incredible evening launching @acha020.bsky.social having a peek into the amazing research and community work for the population of East London planned with the fabulous @proflizsampson.bsky.social & @adamgordon1978.bsky.social
30.04.2025 18:08 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0t.co/WCgXPtK7Vc
27.04.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โ๏ธ The original CAM does work when used by trained raters
โผ๏ธ But an unvalidated CAM variant - with no cognitive testing/interview - is widely used in clinical practice
โ ๏ธ This 'CAM-Lite' has dangerously low sensitivity
โก๏ธ New blog on this critical issue in #delirium care
Link belowโฌ
๐ฅณ Superproud of this bunch: the management team of the CoClarity #RCT. Submitted the trial protocol today.
#CoClarity: A Shared Decision Support Tool to reconsider the use of Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life:
โ
Lower risk of #thrombosis
๐ Risk of bleeding
Very nice #thesis defense by Jonathan Bogaerts earlie this week. ๐ง๐ปโ๐
Depresribing of antihypertensive medication in the very old, an inspiring topic for lively (and funny) discussion!
๐ฅณ Congratulations, Jonathan!
#geriatrics #hypertension #medsky
The latest in our @acha020.bsky.social blog series - Shared Opportunities and Challenges - ACHA forges a research collaboration with the LUMC Centre for Medicine for Older People.
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So inspiring! Looking forward to your return visit already ๐
04.04.2025 05:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Use of #AI decreases with increasing age.
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#AI offers a lot of promises also in care for older people
โ #AI is not tailored to needs of older people
โก๏ธ We have work to do
๐ JAMA, buff.ly/2jxuUhz
#geriatrics #digital #medsky
Very nice #thesis by Jonathan Bogaerts:
๐ High blood pressure and its treatment in the very old - balancing benefits and risks
๐งโ๐ Defense April 16th at #Leiden University
๐ really looking forward
#geriatrics #hypertension #medsky
Nice presentation by #PhD candidate Denise Abbel about the complex choice to use #antithrombotic therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life:
โ
prevention of thrombic events
โ risk of bleeding
โwhat is more important?
#oncology #geriatrics
Interesting! Can you share a link please?
19.02.2025 06:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice hike ๐ฅพ exploring the surroundings of the Symposium ๐
26.01.2025 16:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Signing in at the European #Pancreas Islet Transplantation Association Symposium for a talk tomorrow on #transplantation in older people
๐Igls, Innsbruck, #Austria
#geriatrics
๐ฅณ Kudos to Eva Kempers!
๐ Our study in #Thrombosis and #Haemostasis explores anticoagulant use in life-limiting diseases
โก๏ธ most patients continued until end-of-life with comparable risks of bleeding or clots after stopping
๐ 10.1055/a-2524-5334
#palliativecare #geriatrics
๐จ Excited to share our work : "Systemic treatment among frail older patients with cancer".
โ
3-month OS 81.8% when guided by geriatric assessments.
โ ๏ธ Loss of ADL and cumulative frailty factors associated with poorer survival
๐https://www.geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-4068(24)00450-8/abstract
Figure: Randomised controlled trials of artificial intelligence in clinical practice across countries and specialties. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Open Access under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has seen remarkable growth.
What is the potential of AI to improve care management, clinical decision-making efficiency, and more?
๐ Read this Review in The Lancet Digital Health: bit.ly/3DwAJtD