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Professor of #Medicine and #Geriatrics ๐Ÿก Lives: Leiderdorp, NL ๐Ÿฅ Works: Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL ๐Ÿคฉ Likes: ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿป #cycling, ๐Ÿ“ธ #photography, ๐ŸŽถ #music Mostly English ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ / Sometimes Dutch ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Views my own

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Simon Mooijaart: Patient Perspectives on Antithrombotic Therapy in Advanced Cancer - OncoDaily Simon Mooijaart: Patient Perspectives on Antithrombotic Therapy in Advanced Cancer / Anette Arbjerg Hรธjen, antithrombotic therapy, cancer, Carme Font, Elin

โ€œWho 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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26.08.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿง  "#AI not one-size-fits-allโ€?
Itโ€™s not even one thing!

#AI is many has many faces:
๐Ÿงฎ Predictive models: Structured data โ€” labs, claims, vitals โ€” outcomes, stratify risk,.
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ NLP, LLMs, and Generative AI: Messy, human language โ€” summarize, interpret, engage

Read more on LinkedIn: buff.ly/mbYjbxB

25.08.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?โ€ - ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ.
That question stayed with me.

When doctors want to stop medication, wefocus on the clinical reasoning: Risk of bleeding. Limited benefit. A burden.
โœ”๏ธ All true โ€” but not enough.

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24.08.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, always verify the information you get from a credible source!

23.08.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž? ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ !
โžก๏ธ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง
#Geriatrics

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#medmastodon #ai #chatbot

21.08.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In patient care, I always confirm with:
- Collateral history
- Objective facts
- Physical examination

We literally cannot trust what seems obvious without verification.

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿง  In humans: delirium is the brain under stress
๐Ÿค– 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.

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI "hallucinations" tick some of these boxes - sudden onset, lack of true awareness, confident but flawed logic.

But here's the key difference... ๐Ÿงต

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

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15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help, my AI has a delirium ๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ’ซ

Last week - as a test - I asked an AI "who is Simon Mooijaart?" It gave me a confident, detailed answer... about someone else entirely ๐Ÿ™ƒ

As a geriatrician, this instantly reminded me of delirium - a condition I see daily at the bedside: #delirium

๐Ÿงต 1/8

15.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Most Common Kind of Cancer Patient in America Is the One We Study the Least At 82, would former President Joe Biden even qualify for the trials he funded?

Well said. Not including older adults in research studies about diseases that primarily affect older adults is just ageism, pure and simple.
slate.com/technology/2...

21.05.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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27.04.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ˜‘๏ธ The original CAM does work when used by trained raters

โ€ผ๏ธ But an unvalidated CAM variant - with no cognitive testing/interview - is widely used in clinical practice

โš ๏ธ This 'CAM-Lite' has dangerously low sensitivity

โžก๏ธ New blog on this critical issue in #delirium care

Link belowโฌ

27.04.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฅณ 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:

โœ… Lower risk of #thrombosis
๐Ÿ›‘ Risk of bleeding

25.04.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very nice #thesis defense by Jonathan Bogaerts earlie this week. ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“

Depresribing of antihypertensive medication in the very old, an inspiring topic for lively (and funny) discussion!

๐Ÿฅณ Congratulations, Jonathan!

#geriatrics #hypertension #medsky

19.04.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shared Opportunities and Challenges โ€“ ACHA forges a research collaboration with the LUMC Centre for Medicine for Older People - Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing

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.

@wilcoachterberg.bsky.social @drsimonpm.bsky.social @proflizsampson.bsky.social

acha.qmul.ac.uk/research/sha...

09.04.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So inspiring! Looking forward to your return visit already ๐Ÿ˜€

04.04.2025 05:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Use of #AI decreases with increasing age.

โœ… #AI offers a lot of promises also in care for older people
โŒ #AI is not tailored to needs of older people

โžก๏ธ We have work to do

๐Ÿ”— JAMA, buff.ly/2jxuUhz

#geriatrics #digital #medsky

24.03.2025 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very nice #thesis by Jonathan Bogaerts:

๐Ÿ““ High blood pressure and its treatment in the very old - balancing benefits and risks
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ“ Defense April 16th at #Leiden University

๐Ÿ˜€ really looking forward

#geriatrics #hypertension #medsky

21.03.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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:

โœ… prevention of thrombic events
โŒ risk of bleeding

โ“what is more important?

#oncology #geriatrics

20.02.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting! Can you share a link please?

19.02.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nice hike ๐Ÿฅพ exploring the surroundings of the Symposium ๐Ÿ˜€

26.01.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Signing in at the European #Pancreas Islet Transplantation Association Symposium for a talk tomorrow on #transplantation in older people

๐Ÿ“Igls, Innsbruck, #Austria

#geriatrics

26.01.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅณ Kudos to Eva Kempers!

๐Ÿ“ Our study in #Thrombosis and #Haemostasis explores anticoagulant use in life-limiting diseases

โžก๏ธ most patients continued until end-of-life with comparable risks of bleeding or clots after stopping

๐Ÿ”— 10.1055/a-2524-5334

#palliativecare #geriatrics

26.01.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Systemic treatment among frail older patients with cancer: An observational cohort In the past, certain oncological therapies were not offered to frail older patients. However, the advancement of geriatric oncology, tailored chemotherapy regimens, the introduction of new treatments, and the optimization of supportive care have contributed to enhancing the therapeutic margin. We aimed to evaluate the benefit of systemic treatment among older adults by assessing the three-month survival of older frail patients with metastatic cancer.

๐Ÿšจ Excited to share our work : "Systemic treatment among frail older patients with cancer".
โœ… 3-month OS 81.8% when guided by geriatric assessments.
โš ๏ธ Loss of ADL and cumulative frailty factors associated with poorer survival

๐Ÿ”—https://www.geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-4068(24)00450-8/abstract

30.12.2024 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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

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?

๐Ÿ“‘ Read this Review in The Lancet Digital Health: bit.ly/3DwAJtD

28.12.2024 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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