SGEM#141: Popeye and the Paperclip

Ensayos extraídos del pódcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2003Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challengeOtherIn people jumping from aircraft, parachute use was compared with no parachute for death or major trauma, but no randomised trials existed.
• 2010Spinach, Iron and PopeyeOtherInthe 1920s-30s nutrition literature and the 1928-1935 Popeye strips,checking the primary sourcesfoundno decimal-point error in spinach ironunlikethe retold secondary accounts.
• 1981Fake!OtherIn a BMJ Christmas essay on scientific fraud, an uncited claim of a tenfold spinach-iron decimal error spread as fact rather than as documented evidence, seeding a durable academic urban legend.
• 1936Modifications of the Bipyridine Method for Available IronOtherIn 20 analyses of pigmented plant and fresh animal foods, a lead acetate-modified bipyridine assay measured available iron where the original method failed.
• 2012Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitisImaging & DiagnosticsIn101 patients referred with suspected acute appendicitis,worsened pain over speed bumpsruled outhistologically confirmed appendicitis when absentbetter thanmigratory pain or rebound tenderness.
• 2011Orthopaedic surgeons: as strong as an ox and almost twice as clever?OtherAmong76 male doctors at three UK district general hospitals,orthopaedic surgeonshad higherintelligence test scores and grip strengththananaesthetists.