Perioperative Neuraxial Block - Safety, Outcomes and Statistics

As the the debate over perioperative neuraxial blockade rages on, more fuel is added to the fire in the form of a controversial secondary analysis carved from the original POISE data set. The authors have used propensity score matching to manipulate the POISE study group into those who received a perioperative neuraxial block and those who did not, with thought provoking results. In this podcast Professor Tim Cook talks about the complex statistical methods used in this paper, and guides us through his interpretation of this important piece of work.