Rainy days for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

Anesth Analg. 2012 May;114(5):1102-3. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318248e383. Epub 2012 Feb 24.

Abstract

Members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) perceive the 47% rain rate has burdened its national meetings more than would be expected. We compared weather conditions on the first day of each national SPA meeting since 1987 with historical data using the day, month, and location of each meeting. Using a generalized estimating equations model, the odds ratio of rain comparing meeting and nonmeeting days was 2.63 (P value 0.006, 95% confidence interval 1.32-5.22). These results confirm a significantly higher frequency of rain at national SPA meetings than would be anticipated.

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesiology / organization & administration*
  • Child
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Humans
  • Odds Ratio
  • Pediatrics / organization & administration*
  • Rain
  • Societies, Medical / organization & administration*
  • Weather