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Measure gastric residuals? Safe to stop?

Posted on 30 April 2019 by Keith Barrington

A new RCT published in JAMA pediatrics compared growth and other clinical outcomes between infants <33 weeks gestation and <1250g who were managed with routine gastric residual measurements or without. (Parker LA, et al. Effect of Gastric Residual Evaluation on … Continue reading →

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To p or not to p, what is the alternative?

Posted on 3 April 2019 by Keith Barrington

I started writing the previous post several weeks ago, and, of course, the ideas are not original with me, in fact, a whole recent issue of “The American Statistician” is dedicated to not just trying to eliminate talk of statistical … Continue reading →

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To p or not to p, that is the question.

Posted on 1 April 2019 by Keith Barrington

I can’t claim preference for this title, although I wish I could. I copied it from an article published in an ENT journal (Buchinsky FJ, Chadha NK. To P or Not to P: Backing Bayesian Statistics. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. … Continue reading →

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To blindly go where no man….

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Keith Barrington

Do we really need to blind research projects? And if so which parts of them? There is good empirical data that randomization must be masked, it is important that at the moment a patient is enrolled in a study the … Continue reading →

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