TY - JOUR
T1 - Rainy days for the society for pediatric anesthesia
AU - Greenberg, Robert S.
AU - Bembea, Melania
AU - Heitmiller, Eugenie
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) perceive the 47% rain rate has burdened its national meetings more than would be expected. We compared weather conditions on the first day of each national SPA meeting since 1987 with historical data using the day, month, and location of each meeting. Using a generalized estimating equations model, the odds ratio of rain comparing meeting and nonmeeting days was 2.63 (P value 0.006, 95% confidence interval 1.32-5.22). These results confirm a significantly higher frequency of rain at national SPA meetings than would be anticipated.
AB - Members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) perceive the 47% rain rate has burdened its national meetings more than would be expected. We compared weather conditions on the first day of each national SPA meeting since 1987 with historical data using the day, month, and location of each meeting. Using a generalized estimating equations model, the odds ratio of rain comparing meeting and nonmeeting days was 2.63 (P value 0.006, 95% confidence interval 1.32-5.22). These results confirm a significantly higher frequency of rain at national SPA meetings than would be anticipated.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318248e383
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318248e383
M3 - Article
C2 - 22366849
AN - SCOPUS:84860287755
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 114
SP - 1102
EP - 1103
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 5
ER -