Misuse of 'trend' to describe 'almost significant' differences in anaesthesia research

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia neville.gibbs@uwa.edu.au.
² The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

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N M Gibbs et al. Br J Anaesth. 2015 Sep.

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. 2015 Sep;115(3):337-9.

doi: 10.1093/bja/aev149. Epub 2015 May 29.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia neville.gibbs@uwa.edu.au.
² The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

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Misuse of 'trend' to describe 'almost significant' differences in anaesthesia research.
Doleman B, Lund JN, Williams JP. Doleman B, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jun;116(6):891-2. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew142. Br J Anaesth. 2016. PMID: 27199332 No abstract available.
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Gibbs NM, Gibbs SV. Gibbs NM, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jun;116(6):892. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew143. Br J Anaesth. 2016. PMID: 27199333 No abstract available.
'Trend' and 'almost significant' in anaesthesia research.
Smith I. Smith I. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jun;116(6):893. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew144. Br J Anaesth. 2016. PMID: 27199334 No abstract available.
Reply.
Gibbs NM, Gibbs SV. Gibbs NM, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jun;116(6):893. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew145. Br J Anaesth. 2016. PMID: 27199335 No abstract available.
Most of the time, P is an unreliable marker, so we need no exact cut-off.
Drummond GB. Drummond GB. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jun;116(6):894. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew146. Br J Anaesth. 2016. PMID: 27199336 No abstract available.