When Risk Algorithms Fail in Pregnancy, Simplicity Can Save Lives
Why medicine keeps relearning the same lesson, and why aspirin in pregnancy should be no exception
The problems we keep recreating
Here is a recurring pattern in medicine. We design a well-intentioned, nuanced risk algorithm. It looks elegant on paper. It respects heterogeneity. It promises precision. Then it quietly fails in practice.
The failure is not because clinicians are careless or ignorant. It is because real clinical care happens under time pr…
