Hewitt reported that some outcomes were assessed in a blinded fashion [ 35], and those for which blinding was not described seem to have been performed by an automated machine though this was not confirmed by the authors.
Methods: Brachial artery vasoreactivity was assessed in a blinded fashion, after endothelium-dependent (ED) and endothelium-independent (EI) flow-mediated vasodilation, in age-matched, male patients with AAAs (n = 11) or PAOD (n = 9) or in controls (n = 10).
One week after ICU admission, according to the clinical evolution, chest radiograph, and results of DE, C, and other conventional microbiological samples, all medical files were assessed in a blinded manner by two senior physicians to rule in or not the diagnosis of infectious pneumonia.
To analyse limb dyskinesia, the clasping behaviour was assessed in a blinded manner as described previously [12], [13].
The cilia length of the bright field images was assessed in a blinded fashion as described above for biopsy samples.
The severity of pulmonary pathology was assessed in a blinded fashion by a previously reported pulmonary severity score that included observations on extent and severity of pulmonary pathology, presence of bacterial colonies, and presence of necrosis [7].
Fibers showing degeneration (loss of striations/homogenous appearance of fiber contents) or regeneration (basophilic cytoplasm, large peripheral, or central nuclei with prominent nucleoli) and inflammatory foci per field were assessed in a blinded fashion as previously described [1].
