• Medicina intensiva · Aug 2018

    Interpretation of statistical results.

    • J L García Garmendia and F Maroto Monserrat.
    • Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias, Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, Bormujos, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: joseluis.garciagarmendia@sjd.es.
    • Med Intensiva. 2018 Aug 1; 42 (6): 370-379.

    AbstractThe appropriate interpretation of the statistical results is crucial to understand the advances in medical science. The statistical tools allow us to transform the uncertainty and apparent chaos in nature to measurable parameters which are applicable to our clinical practice. The importance of understanding the meaning and actual extent of these instruments is essential for researchers, the funders of research and for professionals who require a permanent update based on good evidence and supports to decision making. Various aspects of the designs, results and statistical analysis are reviewed, trying to facilitate his comprehension from the basics to what is most common but no better understood, and bringing a constructive, non-exhaustive but realistic look.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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