What is cough and what should be measured?

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

hajj and swine flu pandemic (h1n1, 2009): what is ex-pected and what should be done?

Chronic Condition Self-Management Surveillance: What Is and What Should Be Measured?

INTRODUCTION The rapid growth in chronic disease prevalence, in particular the prevalence of multiple chronic conditions, poses a significant and increasing burden on the health of Americans. Maximizing the use of proven self-management (SM) strategies is a core goal of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Yet, there is no systematic way to assess how much SM or self-management suppo...

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

Posttonsillectomy hemorrhage: what is it and what should be recorded?

OBJECTIVES To report on our incidence of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage and to define what constituted posttonsillectomy bleeding. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital and a local satellite facility. PATIENTS A series of 1438 consecutive patients who had undergone either tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 1999. IN...