The phrase "as an initial choice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a preliminary option or selection in a decision-making process.
Example: "As an initial choice, we decided to implement the new software system before exploring other alternatives."
Alternatives: "as a first option" or "as a primary selection".
As a conclusion, the default value α = 0.05 could be taken as a good initial choice, with a small impact in the plots of significance.
Antidepressant medication is recommended as an initial treatment choice in people with mild, moderate, or severe major depression, and should be given to all patients with severe depression unless ECT is planned.
More than half of the patients selected PD as their initial choice modality but less than half of these ultimately initiated PD.
There has been a growing trend in the prescribing of ARBs as the initial choice of therapy for uncomplicated hypertension, particularly in medical centers and regional hospitals.
However, the K-means algorithm can be affected by factors such as the initial choice of centroids and can readily become trapped in a local optimum.
Of note, the study period ended before the most recent guidelines on AOM [ 9], recommending amoxicillin/clavulanate as the initial choice for children with severe infection, would have had a significant impact on amoxicillin prescribing.
Clinicians indicated the least likelihood for changing the use of generic SSRI antidepressants as the initial choice for treating depression.
Our study has similar findings but in tacrolimus treated patients, which is important since tacrolimus is the most commonly prescribed calcineurin inhibitor, used as the initial choice in 91 % of patients in the United States [ 1].
Based on several recent multi-center randomized controlled trials showing no clear benefit and increased mortality with starches, crystalloids are strongly recommended as the initial choice of fluid resuscitation in severe sepsis [ 8].
