Vancomycin has been suggested as an alternative prophylactic agent, as currently it remains effective against MRSA and coagulase-negative staphylococci resistant to cefazolin [ 4, 49].
"These results," the authors write, "add to the increasing body of evidence that hip protectors, as currently designed, are not effective for preventing hip fracture among nursing home residents".
David Hayden Wilton, Conn., March 13 , 2008 To the Editor: Thank you for bringing attention to the recently passed New York State Anti-Trafficking Law, a potentially productive tool that as currently written is not effective in protecting all trafficked persons ("Foes of Sex Trade Are Stung by the Fall of an Ally," front page, March 12).
This would represent an important clinical development, as currently there are no effective prognostic markers of disease recurrence in stage II CRC.
There is reasonable evidence that brief training as currently delivered is not effective, although the evidence is not definitive, due to the small number of trials and the variation in the training methods and goals.
There is reasonable evidence that brief training as currently delivered is not effective, although the evidence is not definitive, because of the small number of trials and the variation between them in terms of their training methods and goals.
Because lung inhalation may enable nicotine to pass rapidly into the blood, and thus rapidly relieve craving and tobacco withdrawal symptoms [ 14], ecigarettes have the potential to be at least as effective as currently approved nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, none of which deliver nicotine to the lung.
Our study therefore provides the insight that a general voucher scheme as currently designed was not effective in incentivizing the use of private primary care services among the older people in Hong Kong, who are used to receiving much more affordable services from the public sector.
Lord Foulkes argued: "Recent events have shown that the intelligence and security committee, as currently constituted, is not really effective".
BPI chief Geoff Taylor said: "The notice and take-down system, as currently structured, cannot represent an effective response to piracy and requires urgent reform.
