As such, a target A1C of 7.5% rather than 7.0% in type 2 diabetes was proposed based on charting of mortality in a cohort of 27,995 patients treated with combinations of oral hypoglycemic agents and a cohort of 20,005 patients managed with insulin-based regimens in the U.K. General Practice Database and reported in the Lancet by Currie et al. (13).
The findings of this study were based on chart review of 5 common conditions in inpatient care of 7 public general hospitals of Pudong new area in Shanghai.
The lowest percentage is based on chart review of an unspecified type of colorectal cancer screening among patients aged 50 and above [ 26] while the highest percentage is a self-reported survey answer from providers on how often they recommend FOBT to any patient (age not specified) [ 30].
Another limitation of the study is that the list of diagnosis was based on chart review of all diagnoses already made by the primary care physician and no attempt was made to assess whether the diagnoses were correct.
R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) We have anticipated some potential challenges and have offered corresponding solutions: Based on chart review of the Renal Management Clinic at the UHN, approximately 15 to 20% of subjects progress to ESRD, receive a transplant, transfer care or die every year, with very few patients lost to follow up.
We performed a retrospective descriptive study based on chart review of 96 randomly selected type 2 diabetic patients.
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Based on chart review data of 239 patients, Younger and Chapman reported a minimal 2.5% rate of persistent pain at 6 months [ 10].
Since the Charnley classification relies on an assessment of the severity of the associated conditions, it might not be suitable in studies based on chart reviews or extraction of medical records.
Further, based on chart review, 68% of those births (7,344 births) are not the mother's first child.
