User talk:Dlodge

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia, Dlodge

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Jokermage "Timor Mentum Occidit" 03:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invite to CLINMED et al.

I've noticed that you've been editing medicine related articles -- from your contributions. We have a place where the medically minded people hang out: WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". You are invited to join or just browse the talk page, which is also known as the doctors' mess.

Seeing that you're in cardiac surgery-- if you have some time, the CABG article could use some expert eyes. :) If you're looking for info on how to do references see WP:CLINMED/Writing_medical_articles.

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. Other helpful people (and actual doctors) are Samir (who also happens to be in T.O. like yourself), QRS (a retired cardiac surgeon -- that's around occasionally) and Jfdwolff. I look forward to more of your edits. Nephron  T|C 03:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome Daniel!
I noticed you've added yourself to the participants list, so I wanted to give you a warm welcome. Surgery is generally covered very poorly here on Wikipedia, so I hope you can change that a little with your edits. If you're interested, I've been working with User:Ksheka to improve myocardial infarction; since he's an interventional cardiologist, maybe a surgeon's view can provide some counterweight . If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or anyone else on WP:CLINMED / the doctor's mess (I can assure you they're the friendliest group of Wikipedians on the planet ).
Enjoy Wikipedia,
grtz, Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pumphead

Thanks for the welcome and the links; the link on editing medical articles is quite helpful. I've noticed how poorly some of the surgery articles are written; there are a few I plan to update as I find time. Right now the #1 is pumphead - the plagiarized text from the National Enquirer prompted me to start editing the wikipedia pages. Dlodge 20:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I read through the pumphead article. Funny and interesting at the same time. I bet the editors of the NEJM are now kicking themselves for publishing Newman's study... with the National Enquirer's use of the article for entertainment purposes. Nephron  T|C 22:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
It's isn't like the NEJM to publish such a study without a control group. However CABG has been the most studied procedure in the history of surgery, and Newman's study made Type II neurocognitive deficits a hot topic in cardiovascular research. (maybe I should define type I & II neurological injury somewhere). Awareness of the issue has been much of the driving force behind the recent innovations in OPCAB. Unfortunately, the whole "pumphead" issue has been used extensively by physcians and corporations promoting stenting as superior to cardiac surgery. A PCI vs. CABG would be a good wiki page, undoubtedly subject to lots of editing and likely a NPOV tag a few times.
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