Surgical Informatics

We do research to make better surgical care through data and technology. @EdinUniUsher

[Kenneth McLean @kennethmclean92]

Does #digitalhealth remote follow-up improve postoperative wound care/diagnosis of #SSI? Our randomised control trial published in @Nature_NPJ Digital Medicine shows why this is likely to become the future of surgery https://t.co/3uikh56seq

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

Fantastic work by @kennethmclean92 and the team showing that smartphone follow-up of surgical wounds is feasible, useful for patients, and reduces the burden on healthcare services. #SoMe4Surgery

[Cameron Fairfield @c_j_fairfield]

Our next paper is out! We ran a genome-wide association study of gallstones (43639 cases) in @uk_biobank, @FinnGen_FI and @genscot. We tested 16M variants and found 75 regions associated with gallstones. https://t.co/K5sgujk2wC

[Girma Tefera MD,FACS @gttefera]

We had a special VP ⁦@WiscSurgery⁩ Thank you ⁦@ewenharrison⁩ for sharing the novel collaborative global research ⁦@MinterWiscSurg⁩ ⁦@KristinLongMD⁩ ⁦@UWGlobalHealth⁩ ⁦@EdinburghUni⁩

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

@GlobalSurg 3: Global variation in postoperative mortality & complications after cancer surgery, published in @TheLancet
16K patients underwent surgery across 82 countries.
Better postoperative care & facilities could significantly improve #cancer survival
https://t.co/QBRwGgyhLu

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

I think it’s completely inappropriate to include a study about patient mortality after surgery in the “light-hearted and satirical” Christmas BMJ. What were you thinking?

[Tom Drake @Tom_Drake1]

Our latest @GlobalSurg paper on SSI in children! https://t.co/yIqlOaTdnL big effects on kids in LMICs! #globalsurgery #globalsurg @NIHR_GSU @drfrancescopata @AdewaleAdisa1 @Soji_Ademuyiwa @nihr_gsu_lhub @ewenharrison @_Riinu_

[Rob Calver @RobCalver5]

Out next month from @CRC_MathStats , #RStats for #Health #DataScience by @ewenharrison and @_Riinu_. Perfect for any #healthcare professional wanting to go from R novice to R guru! https://t.co/vfxs55LraQ @tandfSTEM #statistics #tidyverse

[Global Surgery India Hub @GlobalSurgeryI1]

Pediatric Cohort Results of Global Surg 2 being presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons @NIHRglobal @FalconRct @ewenharrison @Tom_Drake1 @Soji_Ademuyiwa @drfrancescopata

[Steve Knight @sr_knight1]

@ayamriad @GASOC_2015 @ASiTofficial @MedAllApp @ewenharrison @SurgData Hugely well deserved @ayamriad 🎉 Great to see all your hard work recognised by @ASiTofficial.

A future global surgical research star for sure 🌟

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

@ayamriad @GASOC_2015 @ASiTofficial @MedAllApp @sr_knight1 @SurgData Delighted that all your hard work and dedication has been recognised with this fantastic prize @ayamriad Massive congratulations!!! 🎉

[Aya Riad @ayamriad]

Absolutely delighted to have won the @GASOC_2015 Global Surgery Prize! 🎉Great end to an incredible conference @ASiTofficial @MedAllApp #SurgicalSummit Huge thank you to my supervisors @sr_knight1 @ewenharrison and @SurgData team!

[Prof Steve Wigmore @ProfW_edinsurg]

Delighted that @RachelGuest1 has been awarded a Career Development Grant (Intermediate fellowship) by @wellcometrust to study IDH mutations in bile duct cancer in Edinburgh @edinsurg 👏🏼👏🏼🍾🍾

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

Science thrives on competing theories, but these are strange times. Times reflected in the Great Barrington Declaration - a statement that presents theories as facts and has no truck with competing views. https://t.co/KJ0QohzxbB 1/5

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

Great to see the 4C Mortality Score launched in the @bmj_latest today. Implementation in hospitals will be important for second wave preparedness.
- Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 https://t.co/1HdslkiXoQ @ISARIC1 @CCPUKstudy @ProfCalumSemple

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

Delighted that R for Health Data Science from @_Riinu_ and me will be available in November!
Yes, hitting the shelves in time for Christmas!
GenRe-busting! 😂
#rstats

[Olivia Swann @livvyswann]

Our preprint is out!
We report the detailed clinical characteristics of 451 children & young people hospitalised with covid-19 in the United Kingdom from the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK study @CCPUKstudy

https://t.co/LDZDKbJLti

Here are some of the key points we found:

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

In the largest study of its kind (~35,000) @CCPUKstudy, South Asians in hospital with #COVID19 were 19% more likely to die. Higher rates of diabetes may explain part of this. All Ethnic Minority groups more likely to need intensive care and ventilation.
https://t.co/aM43RwxjMR

[Prof Ewen Harrison @ewenharrison]

Important time to remember the maths of testing. When screening a low risk population, a positive COVID-19 swab is correct only 40% of the time! #Covid_19 #COVID19 #bayes