Design and analysis of studies with binary-event composite endpoints: Guidelines for anesthesia research

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1461-1471

  Mascha, Edward J ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLOID; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRYSTALLOID; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958083957     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31821796d3     Document Type: Article

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