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Comment
. 2021 Mar;10(1):83-84.
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713612. Epub 2020 Jul 21.

Truth Has Nothing to Do with the Conclusion, and Everything to Do with the Methodology

Vicent Modesto I Alapont  1 , Alberto Medina  2 , Pablo Del Villar-Guerra  3
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Comment

Truth Has Nothing to Do with the Conclusion, and Everything to Do with the Methodology

Vicent Modesto I Alapont et al. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

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Conflict of Interest None declared.

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Sample size computation: α (type-I error probability) = 0.05; β (type-II error probability) = 0.2; power of the study = 80%; treatment allocation = 28:35 (0.8:1); treatment failure in CPAP group = 0.357. Margins of noninferiority: TRAMONTANE study (red line) = 15% (treatment failure in HFNC group = 0.507); conservative assumption (blue line) = 10% (treatment failure in HFNC group = 0.457). Made with software “PS-Power and Sample size calculations”.
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  • Response from the Authors.
    Cesar RG, Rotta AT. Cesar RG, et al. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021 Sep;10(3):240-242. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713611. Epub 2020 Jul 21. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021. PMID: 34395045 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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