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Ara Darzi

Professor of Surgery
Verified email at imperial.ac.uk
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Systematic review of the application of the plan–do–study–act method to improve quality in healthcare

MJ Taylor, C McNicholas, C Nicolay… - BMJ quality & …, 2014 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles provide a structure for iterative testing of
changes to improve quality of systems. The method is widely accepted in healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic accuracy of deep learning in medical imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Aggarwal, V Sounderajah, G Martin, DSW Ting… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Deep learning (DL) has the potential to transform medical diagnostics. However, the
diagnostic accuracy of DL is uncertain. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for clinical trial protocols for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the SPIRIT-AI extension

SC Rivera, X Liu, AW Chan, AK Denniston… - The Lancet Digital …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The SPIRIT 2013 statement aims to improve the completeness of clinical trial protocol
reporting by providing evidence-based recommendations for the minimum set of items to be …

International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening

SM McKinney, M Sieniek, V Godbole, J Godwin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Screening mammography aims to identify breast cancer at earlier stages of the disease,
when treatment can be more successful. Despite the existence of screening programmes …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease

JM Kinross, AW Darzi, JK Nicholson - Genome medicine, 2011 - Springer
The gut microbiome is the term given to describe the vast collection of symbiotic
microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal system and their collective interacting …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England

M Whitaker, J Elliott, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Riley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long COVID remains a broadly defined syndrome, with estimates of prevalence and
duration varying widely. We use data from rounds 3–5 of the REACT-2 study (n= 508,707; …

[PDF][PDF] Preparing for precision medicine

R Mirnezami, J Nicholson, A Darzi - N Engl J Med, 2012 - researchgate.net
Ms. H. is a 35-year-old woman from Japan who has had a cough for 3 weeks. Her physician
sends her for an x-ray and CT scan that reveal an advanced lesion, which a biopsy confirms …

Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery

K Moorthy, Y Munz, SK Sarker, A Darzi - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Methods We collected information for this review from our own experience, from discussions
with other experts in this field, and from Medline searches by using the search terms …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and predictors of acute and chronic post-COVID syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

FM Iqbal, K Lam, V Sounderajah, JM Clarke… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A significant proportion of individuals experience lingering and debilitating
symptoms following acute COVID-19 infection. The National Institute for Health and Care …

Systems approaches to surgical quality and safety: from concept to measurement

C Vincent, K Moorthy, SK Sarker, A Chang… - Annals of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This approach provides the basis of our research program, which aims to expand
operative assessment beyond patient factors and the technical skills of the surgeon; to …