Risks of using pre-event time scale and ordinal scale measurements in COVID-19 clinical trials
BACKGROUND. The article shows the results of literature search and analysis of endpoints of interventional clinical trials of phase III-IV of the treatment of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and of its prevention.
M.V. Yashchenko
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WHO Ordinal Scale and Inflammation Risk Categories in COVID-19. Comparative Study of the Severity Scales [PDF]
Manuel Rubio-Rivas +2 more
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Standard Visual and Ordinal Coronary Calcium Scoring on PET/CT: Agreement with Agatston Scoring and Prognostic Implications [PDF]
Background: Visual assessment of coronary artery calcium (CAC) on ungated chest CT has been described previously. However, its reliability and clinical utility remain uncertain, particularly in PET/CT studies that use low-dose, low-slice CT and are ...
Sehyun Pak +8 more
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Tocilizumab for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Outcomes Assessment Using the WHO Ordinal Scale [PDF]
Nosheen Nasir +4 more
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An information theoretic measure for the evaluation of ordinal scale data [PDF]
William J. Tastle, Mark J. Wierman
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Statistical analysis of Likert-based ordinal scales: a guide for clinical trialists [PDF]
Ahmed A. Al-Jaishi +4 more
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Background and Objectives: The therapeutic impact of remdesivir on hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients is unknown. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the mortality outcomes of hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients receiving remdesivir ...
Chienhsiu Huang +2 more
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Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales? [PDF]
Question: We explored the error resulting from different methods for recording the cover of plants in vegetation plots, specifically the direct estimation of percent cover vs.
Jürgen Dengler, Iwona Dembicz
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Study of Latency Interval of Moro Reflex in Full-term Newborns with Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Introduction: Neurological morbidities are the earliest presentation of hypoxic insult in newborns. Parents seek medical advice when they notice abnormal posture or abnormal movements or persistent cry or delayed milestones.
Kamal Kishore Sagaria, Sunil Kumar Rao
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Applying Data Envelopment Analysis Principle in Ordinal Multi Criteria Decision Analysis
We consider a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) problem where importance of criteria, and evaluations of alternatives with respect to the criteria, are expressed on a qualitative ordinal scale.
Kress Moshe
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