General exclusion criteria for all trials included: women who were pregnant or nursing, clinical evidence of brain metastases, subjects with tumours lying <5 mm from vital structures, concurrent antiarrhythmic, anticoagulant or immunosuppressive medication, permanent implanted pacemakers and those who had previously documented severe intra-abdominal adhesions.
Seventy-one (71) subjects had CD4 T-cell assays concurrent with measures of forced vital capacity (FVC), and 57 of these also had determinations of diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO).
Three days after the baseline visit (V2), weekly visits (V3 V7) will occur involving psychometric testing, examination of vital signs and concurrent medication.
Most October case-patients had pneumonia; for these, severity of illness was assessed by using the Pneumonia Severity Index, a well-established scoring system that incorporates concurrent conditions, laboratory findings, and vital signs at clinical presentation (6 ).
It should be noted, however, that a clear distinction between concurrent comorbidity and sequential comorbidity [ 2] is vital for a better understanding of the course of psychiatric disorders as patients develop from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.
He hypothesised that the elevated leukocyte oxygen consumption and the concurrent increase in cellular O2·− accompanying bacterial phagocytosis was vital to the bactericidal activity of granulocytes.
The adoption of concurrent engineering principles by the construction industry is increasingly being seen as vital for reducing the problems posed by the industry's fragmentation, and enhancing its competitiveness.
It has been shown to have adequate concurrent validity as reflected by a substantial correlation with a validated interview-derived assessment of vital exhaustion [ 32] as well as predictive validity [ 30].
All patients underwent a full physical examination (including determination of performance status, weight loss, vital signs), and haematological test at baseline and then weekly during induction and concurrent therapy.
These concurrent trends meant that anyone who lifted the age veil after 50 could be seen as less vital, less capable and less desirable.
