Mr. O'Keefe said the space agency retained the option of making priority requests for pictures in case of indications of a safety problem, which he said was not the case for the Columbia flight.
Additionally, the probability of a caesarean section for women without any of the studied conditions was substantially higher in the West, but most of the difference in caesarean section rates between both parts was explained by a higher probability of caesarean sections in case of indications in the western part of Germany.
Thus, it can be spuriously low when expected agreement is high, as could occur in the case of indication classification due to high correlation among data sources.
We assessed which mechanism explains the higher rate of caesarean sections in the former West than East Germany: a more liberal use of caesarean sections in the case of relative indications or more common caesarean sections without indications.
But it remains unclear whether the differences arise from different medical practice (in such case either relative indications can be diagnosed more frequently, or in case of relative indications there is a higher probability of caesarean section being performed) or from different preferences regarding caesarean sections without indications.
Given the percentage of pregnancies with indications and the probability of caesarean section in the case of existing indications, most of the difference in the section rates between the regions of East and West Germany was attributable to caesarean sections with indications (83%), while caesarean sections in pregnancies without indications contributed less to the difference (13%).
In the case of correct indications, it guarantees satisfactory results [31, 32, 33].
Results seem satisfactory in the case of correct indications and precise technique: Yercan reports a ROM improvement from 67 to 117° [32], Pariente et al.
In the case of multiple indications of NIV during the ICU stay, patients with DNI decisions were classified in the DNI group regardless of the initial cause of ARF, and non-DNI patients were classified according to the first indication.
Possibly, both physicians and review committees assume that informing the patient is a part of normal medical practice that has to be elaborated on in the review process only in case of clear indications of problems.
During the postextubation period (48 hours), group A patients received standard medical treatment (SMT), including NIV in case of specific indications, whereas group B received the same postextubation approach plus three daily sessions of mechanical in-exsufflation (MI-E).
