Although certain indications for revision are more common than others depending on follow-up time (eg, infection occurring early), any inferences about indication-specific risks before or after a given follow-up time would not have been reliable.
Since the mid-1990s this 55-year-old, a Hawaii resident, has been collecting licensing fees on the common procedure for testing the blood of pregnant women for certain indications of Down syndrome in a fetus.
In addition, under reference pricing, all the licensed indications for a drug are tacitly accepted, whereas it may be more cost-effective in certain indications, or for particular patient subgroups.
"There's a certain delicate tension between a clinician taking a technology that's proven for a certain indication and learning by experience that it is useful for patients that exceed those limits," Dr. Tunis said.
Under the new Kenyan constitution, induced abortion can be provided for certain indications as determined by a trained health care provider.
In the Netherlands, like other western countries, there is an ongoing debate whether rapid molecular tests should be used as a stand-alone diagnostic tool instead of karyotyping in prenatal diagnosis for certain indications[ 5, 11- 15].
A few interventions examined in this review show strong evidence of impact for certain indications, including Caesarean for breech birth at term and induction of labour for post-term pregnancy.
Currently, cryoprecipitate is licensed for use in certain indications in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; however, it has been withdrawn from use in most of Western Europe because of safety concerns.
Although further basic science research and well-designed randomized clinical trials are needed to elucidate the long-term role of these therapies in the treatment of osteoarthritis, there is compelling evidence for their use for certain indications.
Peripheral venous cannulation under ultrasound may be an acceptable substitute for CVC placement for certain indications (long-term i.v. access or parenteral nutrition) [ 34, 35].
Cancer Care Ontario has a funding program for new drugs that will pay for some of these drugs for certain indications.
