Martin Betts

Physician. Early adopter. Aesthete.

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@ToshiAkima @LadyScorcher RCTs certainly have their disadvantages. How do physico-engineers account for non-measurable confounders and selection bias if they’re going to make causal inferences?

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@BogochIsaac Read manuscript in detail and comments. Conclusions:
1. An important question when posed in spring 2020. The concept if not the methods (cluster RCT, continuous masking) has some validity. Should have stopped enrolment
2. Poorly done research is worse than useless, it’s harmful.

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@DrKateJMiller Ok. Superhero.

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@DrKateJMiller Congratulations, superstar doctor.

[OCFP @OntarioCollege]

Congratulations to our Regional Family Physicians of the Year! The OCFP recognizes physicians from each region of Ontario who provide exemplary care to their patients and are involved in activities that contribute to excellence in family medicine. #OCFPAwards

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@eUSMD @torontolife @SickKidsNews Nice interview, Jason. Hope your head is still above water.

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

The old party is dead. Time to bury it. Build something new

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@DrJacobsRad @deonandan 20 of the 25 vented patients Thursday at Sick Kids were viral pneumonia and no comorbidities. Only last couple weeks included RSV.

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@ADetsky @BogochIsaac @UofT_dlsph @OntarioHealthOH An important question and agree there’s equipoise between a respirator and nose-kerchief

[CPSO @cpso_ca]

A guiding principle of Dr. Wilcock’s career is a belief that everyone on a team should be empowered to speak up if they see a problem or a way of doing things better. She believes in making the patient a partner & collaborator in the safe delivery of care. #CPSW2022 @SHNcares

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@ADetsky @DavidJuurlink @davidcarr333 @katplenk @BogochIsaac @DrToddLee I must have missed this seminar. More familiar with an international variant called “sibling in [name of country from which a visa will never be granted] syndrome” with similar consequences

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

Historic gift that will transform healthcare in Scarborough for decades… many thanks to @orlando_corp for setting the bar so high.

[Scarborough Health Network Foundation @SHNFoundation]

The largest donation in Scarborough history… a $75 million gift from @Orlando_Corp! 🙌

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for this incredible investment in Scarborough. Your gift will open many doors & will forever be a monumental part of our history. #LoveScarborough

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@HawryluckLaura @DFisman @scott_wakelin @TorontoStar Actually on rereview I believe this is a poorly written statement referring to patients admitted to hospital/ICU that are COVID positive but not with pneumonia (the whole “with/for”) and the writers use of “subsequently” is misleading

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@HawryluckLaura @DFisman @scott_wakelin @TorontoStar I have a hard time recalling any true nosocomial cases (sample >1000). The phenomenon Laura refers to was real but small in waves 1-3 but not since. Probably many patients who had ICU orders but test returned afterwards ie. the ~24hr wait for pcr

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@DavidJuurlink I had my answer for “Sue” when our local MPP told me I was spending too much time caring for COVID patients. “It’s a simple condition”. This was at the end of 6 weeks of 1:2 in-house call and while there was an outbreak at a LTC facility in his riding that killed 80 people.

[Scarborough Health Network Foundation @SHNFoundation]

Dr. Betts has been working at SHN for over 8 years. As Chief of Critical Care, he was instrumental in our care for #COVID19 patients as Scarborough tackled among the highest number of #COVID19 cases in Ontario.

Submit your letter or watch the full video: https://t.co/0kIjTrX5hi

[Scarborough Health Network (SHN) @SHNcares]

Our Birchmount Hospital ICU with @TrilliumGift became the 3rd hospital in Ontario to perform a NPOD. An extended window of 27 hrs makes this the longest time from withdrawal of invasive support to organ retrieval on record #BeADonor #NOTDAW

Read more: https://t.co/NuSiFRC5oT

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@MPaiMD @RosovskyRachel But giving bleedy drugs to patients with blood in their brain is just so nerve racking. With UHF I feel like Im making a 2hr commitment (if I’m wrong) vs. 24hours for LMWH

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@cdavidnaylor @BrooksFallis And yet Brampton Civic is the 3rd newest hospital in the GTA (“Cortellucci”, Humber)? Outgrown before moving in. Come to Scarborough and I can show you what medicine and surgery in the 1950s look like!

[Martin Betts @bettsme]

@EdTubb Now try Scarborough.