John Booth

1 week ago | thelancet.com | Dan Stein |Michael Carter |John Booth

KeywordsCritical & intensive & emergency carePaediatric intensive careDigital healthArtificial intelligenceEvidence before this studyWhilst there have been many studies predicting clinical deterioration in adult intensive care units, there are only a small number predicting outcomes in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). Of these, most focus on late severe outcomes such as cardiovascular collapse or cardiac arrest or rare irreversible outcomes such as death.

1 month ago | journals.plos.org | Stuart A Bowyer |John Booth |Daniel Key |Eleni Pissaridou

DiscussionThe results of this study have demonstrated a consistent, significant, and ongoing increase in the number of diagnoses recorded for inpatients at a specialist children’s hospital over recent decades. On average, patients are associated with around three times the number of unique conditions/diagnoses per admission than at the beginning of the study.

Sep 23, 2024 | going-postal.com | John Booth

This is a tale of woe, a tale of lack of planning, of insufficient forethought and carelessness. It’s also a warning to all Puffins not to make the same mistakes as I have made, to save you from wasting money as I have done. Read about my mistakes below and avoid them yourselves…….. We live in a 47-year-old, medium sized detached house. We moved in when it was barely 2 years old and had virtually no insulation as was pretty normal back then.

Aug 12, 2024 | geekdad.com | Jonathan H. Liu |Dakster Sullivan |John Booth

Today’s stack: a few books I mentioned when I’d started reading them but haven’t gone back to write about now that I’ve finished. So, let’s pick these threads back up and tie them off properly, shall we? The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley WoodI featured this one not too long ago—it’s about a girl, born on Leap Day in 1916, who seems to age at a quarter of the usual pace.

Jul 6, 2024 | geekdad.com | Michael Pistiolas |John Booth |Anthony Karcz

Gather your crew of entrepreneurial explorers and blast off to find adventure, mayhem, and profit! What Is Wandering Galaxy? Wandering Galaxy is a cooperative adventure game for 1 to 6 players, ages 14 and up, and takes about 60 to 180 minutes per play session. It’s designed by Jerry Hawthorne and published by Plaid Hat Games, with illustrations by Elias Stern, and is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.  New to Kickstarter? Check out our crowdfunding primer.