Being unprepared for this change of funding modality, the functioning of the hospital was disrupted and access to care became difficult for the population (IC2, IC3, IC5, IC12).
Four patients completed the intervention but were not retested due to illness, change of dialysis modality, or problems arising during blood sampling.
The management impact of PET/CT was high (change of treatment modality or intent) in 30 patients (48%) and medium (change in radiation treatment volume or dose fractionation) in 6 patients (9%).
The intention-to-treat follow-up time, i.e. patients were not censored for change of dialysis modality, was equal in the two groups (14 (0–95) months in PD vs. 15 (0–89) months in HD, p = 0.359).
A total of 15 randomized patients had an accidental change of the treatment modality in the daily routine.
In certain cases, the government of a society may change the modality of what is proper if this is for the common good.
They did not report the change in the proportions of modality during pregnancy through postpartum.
Hence, a stepwise approach, firstly promoting conservative strategies such as body positioning, milk thickening, or changes of feeding modalities, should be considered the most advisable choice in preterm infants with GOR.
There is recognition that clinical assessment (measuring and noting the change in index and the disease activity state attained) early in the course of therapy (3 to 6 months after initiation of therapy) allows one to judge longer-term treatment effects and to make rapid changes of therapeutic modalities in the individual patients in whom low disease activity is not achieved.
The order of mixing and the mixing intensity do not seem to change the modality of the size distribution.
