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Bayesian Statistics “Under Bayes’ Theorem, no theory is perfect. Rather it is a work in progress, always subject to refinement and further testing” Nate Silver Introduction With the recent publication of the REMAP-CAP steroid arm and the Bayesian post-hoc re-analysis of the EOLIA trial, it appears Bayesian statistics are appearing more frequently in critical care trials. The purpose of this […]

TBL at WICS Summer 2019

14 June 2019 Duncan Chambler Editorial Leave a comment

TBL at Wessex Intensive Care Society meeting 2019 #WICS19 It’s a pleasure to be speaking at WICS 2019. I will be producing notes here to support my talk later today. This will include a narrative of my slides, a little more depth of content and links to all the trials. In short, here are my 6 key statements: Video-laryngoscopy is […]

BAOIA Presentation 2018

6 October 2018 Duncan Chambler Editorial Leave a comment

This editorial blog has been written to complement the short presentation delivered by Duncan Chambler at the British Association of Indian Anaesthetists (BAOIA) 2018 conference in Newcastle.

Power and Sample Size

27 April 2018 Imelda Galvin Editorial 2 comments

In this Editorial, Professor Imelda Galvin from Queen’s University in Canada takes us through the details of Power, how it relates to trial sample size, and why it matters.

Steroids in Sepsis

5 January 2018 Steve Mathieu Blog, Editorial 4 comments

In patients with septic shock, do corticosteroids compared to placebo reduce mortality?
This is an editorial blog post in anticipation of the ADRENAL trial results to be presented at #CCR18.