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AAP Grand Rounds 4:26 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

Letter to the Editors

To the editors—

Jay D. Fisher, MD, FAAP1
1 Las Vegas, NV

 
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I would like to challenge the commentary on the Wong et al, NEJM piece by Drs. Gruskin and Shulman. The summary of the paper is quite good but their interpretation of the methodologic strength of this piece of research is controversial, in my view. Acceptance of this study’s conclusions verbatim could seriously impact a clinician’s approach to the febrile child with clinical signs of bacterial enteritis. Please go to the following webpage to read my interpretation of this study’s methodology http:/www.pediatric-emergeny.com/wong.htm With specific regards to Wong et al’s use of logistic regression analysis in this study please refer to the following piece of research: Peduzzi P, et al. A simulation study of the number . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH, FAAP2
2 Seattle, WA

 





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