Sentence examples for by the grade system from inspiring English sources

Based on the results of the system, we used grading method [ 11] recommended by the GRADE system to evaluate quality of evidence.

The methodology used was inspired by the GRADE system (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) for rating clinical guidelines (http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/links.htm), the originality of which stems primarily from three assertions.

Although these results suggested benefits of auricular acupuncture, the overall quality of evidence rated by the GRADE system was low.

The tables model used by the GRADE system presupposes prior work on the primary studies (systematic reviews, clinical trails, cohort studies...)...

With respect to other considerations, we judged that there were 'None' associated with current evidence (86 independent comparisons) on the basis that none of the primary reasons suggested by the GRADE system for rating up quality of evidence (Guyatt 2011) were applicable in this case.

The overall quality of evidence was evaluated using the GRADE system (performed by GRADEpro3.6, http://cebgrade.mcmaster.ca/Introduction/index.html) [ 10].

The comparability with other prognostic studies may have been complicated by the grading system used in the ASR (Jensen et al. 1991).

Because a substantial number of them had a previous history of surgery for pterygium or more than one lesion, and thus could not be classified properly by the grading system, and because the number of pterygium patients was small in certain groups when broken down by age or other variables, we did not break down the patients by the grade in the analyses.

Recurrence of pterygia was determined by the grading system of Prabhasawat et al (table 1). 4 To evaluate the perioperative change in the subjective issue of conjunctival hyperaemia, severity was estimated using a questionnaire asking patients to rate their symptoms according to a visual analogue scale (VAS), with 0 representing no discomfort and 10, unbearable symptoms.

To assess the relationship between age and the incidence and severity of conjunctivochalasis by using the grading system for conjunctivochalasis proposed by Meller and Tseng.

Although potentially susceptible to bias introduced by the authors, the grading system used is generally appropriate.