the "Duh" factor

[kugel]

"risk of infection increases with duration of ICU stay"

Who'd a' thunk it?

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/302/21/2323?home

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[Regnvejr]

LOL. Some of the journal data is worthy of The Onion.

 

[Cogito ergo es]

Reminds me of an article I read a few months ago, something along the lines of ...
"Chances of death higher in patients with Alzheimer's & Diabetes than pts. with Alzheimer's alone"

I just tell myself that the obvious has to be stated at one point or another.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

.....

I just tell myself that the obvious has to be stated at one point or another.

Somewhere somehow, someone's tenure is riding on getting this stuff published.

 

[Cogito ergo es]

Somewhere somehow, someone's tenure is riding on getting this stuff published.

And this person has the most hilarious resume when it comes to publication listing.
I wonder how interviewers react when they see that the interviewee capitalized on the obvious to bulk up his/her research background.