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Patient Selection: Indications and Contraindications
Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery, 1995Patient selection is critical to the success of PLDD. In general, the herniation must have continuity with the parent disc; rupture of the annulus is not a contraindication. Several other orthopedic conditions constitute absolute or relative contraindications. All patients must be individualized.
D S, Choy, J, Botsford, W A, Black
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Indications for Selective Intraoperative Cholangiography
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2005The indications for selective intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) include a clinical history of jaundice, pancreatitis, elevated bilirubin level, abnormal liver function test results, increased amylase levels, a high lipase level, or dilated common bile duct on preoperative ultrasonography.
Edward H, Livingston +3 more
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1986
This chapter brings together some of the information contained in the national chapters to show comparisons of key indicators across countries. However, not all of the statistics used are wholly reliable when compared in this way. The main problems are familiar, and relate to the different ways in which the data is collected and the different ...
Kenneth Walsh, Adrian King
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This chapter brings together some of the information contained in the national chapters to show comparisons of key indicators across countries. However, not all of the statistics used are wholly reliable when compared in this way. The main problems are familiar, and relate to the different ways in which the data is collected and the different ...
Kenneth Walsh, Adrian King
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Indicated and Selective Preventive Interventions
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2014Exposure to traumatic events places children at risk for developing distressing, significant emotional reactions such as posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). These reactions also affect long-term functional outcomes. Research on identified and potential risk factors for the development of significant, persistent PTSS is under way.
Marsac, Meghan L +2 more
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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 1988
In 1936, H. Fairfield Smith (A discriminant function for plant selection, Annalsof Eugenice (London) 7,240–260) suggested a linear selection index for selecting varieties with higher genotypic values. Since then, the idea has been extended in various directions such as restricted selection indices. In this paper, linear selection indices are considered
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In 1936, H. Fairfield Smith (A discriminant function for plant selection, Annalsof Eugenice (London) 7,240–260) suggested a linear selection index for selecting varieties with higher genotypic values. Since then, the idea has been extended in various directions such as restricted selection indices. In this paper, linear selection indices are considered
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Selecting, Developing, and Evaluating Indicators
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1991A process for selecting and evaluating indicators for use in monitoring the quality of patient care is described. An indicator is a quantitative measure that provides information and reveals ways in which care could be improved. It is a specific set of conditions whose presence signals that the care being provided should be examined.
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Selection and Definition of Indicators
2006This international study works from the premise that the institutional contexts of schools play an important role in the explanation of variation in effectiveness between schools. Furthermore, we assume major differences between countries world-wide in the definition of institutional context, more specific concerning the exact difference between the ...
Hofman, R. H., Hofman, W. H.A.
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