Mean analgesic consumption is inappropriate for testing analgesic efficacy in post-operative pain: analysis and alternative suggestion.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Post-operative analgesic consumption is often used as a surrogate measure for pain; analyses of mean data assume a Gaussian distribution and use parametric statistics to assess statistical differences, often in small samples. We used a large individual patient dataset to e...

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Váldodahkkit: Moore, R, Mhuircheartaigh, R, Derry, S, McQuay, H
Materiálatiipa: Journal article
Giella:English
Almmustuhtton: 2011