What Pitfalls Do Clinicians Face In Understanding Statistics In Acute Stroke Trials?

December 4, 2020

Moderator: Jordan Bonomo, MD, FCCM, FNCS
Other Participants: Uwe Stolz, PhD, MPH

Statistics can illuminate or obfuscate. Clinicians need to understand acute stroke trial data and statistics in meaningful ways, but challenges abound.

In this lively discussion of statistical pitfalls, Dr. Uwe Stolz shares his deep expertise in data analytics with listeners to help them understand the pitfalls in stroke trial statistics. Imagine a podcast about statistics that was enjoyable and informative – this is it!

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Ken Milne

Dr. Stolz did a good job of discussing some of the statistical challenges in understanding stroke trial data. He mentioned a recent large stroke trial that had some issues. Was he referring to ECASS-3 and Alper et al reanalysis of this trial?

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