“…This post hoc power analysis should be differentiated from an a priori power analysis that might be conducted during trial design, which aims to determine whether a study will be adequately powered for an expected effect size, regardless of what the data ultimately show. On post hoc power analysis, only 45% of pediatric cardiology RCTs attained a power of 80%, leading the authors to call for reducing target power to 60%, relaxing the p value threshold for statistical significance, or both [1].…”