2 Unlike performance comparisons based on hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR), a new policy initiative announced by the UK Government will rank hospitals for avoidable mortality based on case reviews of 2000 deaths in English hospitals each year.
Assessments are based on case note reviews and discussion amongst multidisciplinary teams to establish the overall risk of various adverse events, including violence.
Fast and Waugaman provide a thorough account of how information and technology were mobilized in the West African Ebola response, based on case analysis, literature review, and over 130 interviews.
In fact, the evidence for treatment of IE due to P. acnes is based on case reports and reviews of the literature: In a Korean analysis of 522 patients with positive blood cultures with P. acnes, 18 (3.5%) met criteria for bloodstream infection.
Based on case study team observations and review of studies and reports on ECD in Nepal, the team concludes that ECD lacks a secure ―home‖ in Nepal.
The association between GC test result and treatment recommendations were determined based on case histories extracted from chart review of patients treated by five of the authors, 'early adopters' of the GC test, who may not be representative of all urologists that treat prostate cancer.
Each session is based on case studies from primary literature, reviews, and two texts: Francis Macrina's Scientific Integrity and Kathy Barker's At the Bench.
Second, the review was based on case note data alone, and is therefore subject to documentation bias.
Recommendations for V. vulnificus infections from a recent review are largely based on case reports or animal models [ 8].
A recent systematic review of literature based on case reports and short case series of severe strongyloidiasis outline a "Babylon of different treatment schemes".
