Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics....
Effect of Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Endotracheal Intubation on Survival and Neurological Outcome: A Controlled Clinical Trial by Gausche, M et. al.
Paramedic Self‐efficacy and Skill Retention in Pediatric Airway Management by Youngquist, S.T. et. al.
Gausche Study: Criticism
1. Good study design, bad application and interpretation
-Intent to Treat Model, when 115 of 420 “Treat” patients had no intervention attempted at all, drives difference between groups to the null hypothesis. -Non-intubation was not considered a protocol violation: "Given that the data were analyzed by intention to treat…
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