Publications by authors named "C Withers"
Given their frontline role in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) healthcare, trainee medical officers (TMOs) will play a crucial role in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical care, ongoing medical education and research. As 'digital natives', particularly those with technical expertise in AI, TMOs should also be leaders in informing the safe uptake and governance of AI within ANZ healthcare as they have a practical understanding of its associated risks and benefits. However, this is only possible if a culture of broad collaboration is instilled while the use of AI in ANZ is still in its initial phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Existing research highlights the link between certain personality traits and mental health in surgeons. However, little research has explored the important role of psychological skills and qualities in potentially explaining this link. A cross-sectional survey of UK-based surgeons was used to examine whether two such skills (psychological flexibility and resilience) helped to explain why certain personality traits might be linked to mental health in surgeons.
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- In a study involving critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, researchers compared preoxygenation methods: noninvasive ventilation versus oxygen mask.
- The findings revealed that hypoxemia occurred significantly less in the noninvasive-ventilation group (9.1%) compared to the oxygen-mask group (18.5%).
- Additionally, the incidence of cardiac arrest was lower with noninvasive ventilation (0.2%) compared to the oxygen-mask group (1.1%).
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- A 17-year-old Arabian mare with a history of recurring mild colic was presented to a veterinary hospital, where lab tests indicated various problems, including mild lymphopenia and increased liver enzymes.
- Following the worsening of her condition, the owner chose euthanasia, leading to a postmortem examination that revealed a cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct tumor.
- The tumor was identified as a mucinous variant, characterized by large cysts filled with mucin, and is notably uncommon in horses, as this type has not been previously documented in veterinary cases.
Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence emerged that immunosuppressed children were less affected by COVID-19 infections compared with immunosuppressed adults. The aim of our study was to investigate how COVID-19 infections affected paediatric kidney transplant recipients (pKTR) in the UK.
Methods: Questionnaires regarding COVID-19 infection data and care of pKTR during the COVID-19 pandemic were sent to all 13 UK paediatric nephrology centres examining asymptomatic and symptomatic pKTR with positive COVID-19 PCR testing from 1 April 2020 to 1 December 2021.