Informal Comments on the ASA 2016 Statement

Comments on Michael Buroway's ASA presidential address.

Inglis (Director of Multicultural and Migration Research Centre, University of Sydney) (Corresponding author email: [email protected]) © London School of Economics and Political Science 2005 ISSN 0007-1315 print/1468-4446 online. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA on behalf of the LSE. DOI: 10.1111/j....

Comments on Statistical Issues in January 2016

increases. Taking this characteristic into consideration, we could confront the following circumstances: when the sample size is very small, we obtain a P-value of the normality test greater than 0.05 in most cases, so we conclude that the data are from a normally distributed population even though it apparently looks like a non-normal distribution. And when the sample size is very large, we fr...

Standards of care and the ASA medical direction statement.

It should come as no surprise that malpractice attorneys are among the many people who do not understand what nurse anesthetists do or what their capabilities are. Recently, a newsletter directed to both anesthesia providers and lawyers, quoted several malpractice attorneys who were under the impression that the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Statement on the Anesthesia Care Team w...

Testosterone replacement therapy for male aging: ASA position statement.

Position: The American Society of Andrology suggests that testosterone replacement therapy in aging men is indicated when both clinical symptoms and signs suggestive of androgen deficiency and decreased testosterone levels are present. Testosterone replacement may also be warranted in older men with markedly decreased testosterone levels regardless of symptoms, but signs of androgen deficiency ...

Comments on the Editorial on ILD published in the September 2016 issue of JPMA.