The phrase "a need for supplemental" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the requirement for additional support, resources, or information in a particular context.
Example: "The recent study highlighted a need for supplemental materials to enhance student learning outcomes."
Alternatives: "a requirement for additional" or "a necessity for extra".
Consequently, there remains a need for supplemental biomarkers to improve diagnosis and prognosis at different disease stages.
At day 9 postillness onset, he remained lucid and interactive, but he continued to have episodic high fever (temperature >39°C) and progressive dyspnea developed, which resulted in a need for supplemental oxygen.
Severe BPD was defined as a need for supplemental O2 for ≥28 days and a need for treatment with ≥30% O2 and/or positive pressure at a PMA of 36 wk if infants were born at a gestational age of <32 wk, or at a postnatal age of 56 days if infants were born at a gestational age of ≥32 wk, or at the time of discharge, whichever was first.
Mild BPD was defined as a need for supplemental oxygen (O2) for ≥28 days plus breathing room air at a postmenstrual age (PMA) of 36 wk if the infants were born at a gestational age of <32 wk, or at a postnatal age of 56 days if the infants were born at a gestational age of ≥32 wk, or at the time of discharge, whichever was first.
Moderate BPD was defined as a need for supplemental O2 for ≥28 days and a need for treatment with <30% O2 at a PMA of 36 wk if infants were born at a gestational age of <32 wk, or at a postnatal age of 56 days if infants were born at a gestational age of ≥32 wk, or at the time of discharge, whichever was first.
Saltwater crustaceans MAY have a need for supplemental iodine.[1].
John Kirby, said afterward that although the admiral wanted to move away from supplemental defense financing, there might be "a need for another supplemental on the unique and current demands of dynamic operations in two theaters of war".
Infants were retrospectively grouped according to the worst severity of disease experienced during their admission using the following criteria: "never any need for supplemental oxygen", "oxygen dependency at any time" and "any need for mechanical ventilation".
It is likely that the liberation of sequestered iron is a major source for erythropoesis in the early stages of recovery from malaria induced anaemia and re-assessing haemoglobin and/or iron status two weeks after a malaria episode may well better indicate the need for supplemental iron at a time when it is more likely to be incorporated.
While favorable results are achieved with combined modality irradiation, there has never been a rigorous study of the need for supplemental beam.
Given a mixed condition caused by wind or other artificial means, the construction of deeper ponds increases the total mass of DO available for all respiration, causing nighttime DO concentrations to decline at a slower rate, reducing the need for supplemental aeration.
