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ATSRxPodcast: The Science Behind Drug Interactions: Impact of Observational vs. Causality in Interactions Affecting Acute Care Drugs

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The Immortal Time Bias

Study design is key to avoiding confounding by indication, he says. "Immortal time bias" can build in a protective effect for patients that are treated. Selection bias occurs when exclusion based on things that happen after time zero. And the way in which we include patients into a study is associated with the outcome.

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