The interventions evaluated in our sample of meta-analyses most commonly pertained to drugs or other biologics (67%).
Learner comments on module questions most commonly pertained to the number of questions (usually asking for more of them) followed by complaints about the quality of the questions.
If the trials being combined are truly clinically homogeneous and have been designed properly (for example, with balanced arms), which is the situation that will commonly pertain, then in this (and only in this) case it is appropriate to pool raw data to obtain combined measures such as NNTs.
The items most commonly left missing pertained to work limitations, alcohol limitations, overall positive impact and, to a lesser extent, overall confidence, difficulty in managing anticoagulation, and whether the subject would recommend their current model of anticoagulation to others.
How can definitions commonly agreed upon that pertain to biobanks and their data be devised when diverse means of definition exist?
This could provide support for Chong's (1993: p. 897) finding that 'top-of-the-head answers can be highly reliable if they pertain to commonly discussed subjects with established frames of reference'.
One commonly cited health equity concern pertains to the use of public resources by the private medical tourism industry [ 3].
Eighteen different uncertainties about this evidence were coded 28 times, 56% of which pertained to evidence commonly appraised and 44% to evidence considered by only some agencies.
The evaluation we created was built to encourage reflection, and to look across all of these factors and attributes to provide insight into where you are on the scale of traits as it pertains to the characteristics commonly found in confident, successful, happy people.
The false-positive RT-PCR is most commonly due to cross-contamination, which pertains to the nature and quality of a laboratory procedure and should be independent of patient's profile.
