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Stuart McLennan

Researcher at Technische Universität München

Publications -  87
Citations -  1222

Stuart McLennan is an academic researcher from Technische Universität München. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 66 publications receiving 764 citations. Previous affiliations of Stuart McLennan include Hochschule Hannover & University Hospital of Basel.

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ICU admission characteristics and mortality rates among elderly and very elderly patients

TL;DR: The proportion of elderly patients from the total ICU population is high, and with advancing age, the proportion of various preexisting comorbidities and the primary reason for ICU admission change should be regarded as a significant independent risk factor for mortality, especially for ICu patients older than 75.
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Early Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in German-Speaking Countries: Comparative Mixed Methods Study.

TL;DR: In this paper, the early perceptions of people living in the German-speaking countries and compare them with the frames portrayed in the newspapers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An embedded ethics approach for AI development

TL;DR: A group of AI engineers, ethicists and social scientists suggest embedding ethicists into the development team as one way of improving the consideration of ethical issues during AI development.
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Reasons why nurses decline influenza vaccination: a qualitative study

TL;DR: Three interconnected themes explaining why nurses decline influenza vaccination were identified: the idea of maintaining a strong and healthy body, the wish to maintain decisional autonomy and nurses' perception of being surrounded by an untrustworthy environment.
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Trends in severity of illness on ICU admission and mortality among the elderly.

TL;DR: While crude mortality rates decreased over the study period, adjusted one-year survival in ICU survivors did not change with the addition of ICU beds, suggesting that outcome in critically ill elderly patients may not be influenced by ICU admission.