From behind a mound of paperwork, he explains government policy on teenage pregnancy concerning grade 12 students, aged between 16 and 18, who deliver their babies during the examination period: "We bring the papers to the hospital and we supervise," he says.
Grading: What are the instructor's expectations concerning grading?
Histologic evaluation of cartilaginous tumors represents a challenging task for the pathologist, and consistent interobserver variability, concerning grading and the distinction between benign and malignant lesions, was observed [3, 4].
Concerning grade level of students, 241 (57.3%) were from grades 1 4 whereas the remaining 179 (42.6%) were from grades 5 8 (Table 1).
Concerning grade-3 NSAEs, "the functional impairment/interfering with activities of daily living" were actually included in the definition of all grading criteria.
Concerning grade 2 events, paronychia was reported in 30% of patients, alopecia in 7.5%, skin rash in 17.5% and asthenia in 15%.
Although there is general agreement that physical status before trauma influences outcome, an overall quantification of the effect has been difficult to achieve because of major methodological differences concerning grading of disease.
Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHu-Epo) was administered to six patients (8.7%) As far as non-haematological toxicity is concerned, grade 3 asthenia was registered in only four patients (5.8%) and nausea/vomiting (grade 3) occurred in one patient.
Concerning histological grading, the patients were dichotomized into grade III versus grade I and grade II, and pT stage into pT2 and pT3 (> 2 cm) versus pT1 (≤ 2 cm) (for patient characteristics see Additional file 1).
Based on the definitions and recommendations published by Ejike et al. [19], the authors therefore suggest a new scale division concerning different grades of ACS in children (Table 1).
Therefore, the results concerning school grades should be interpreted with caution.
