Sentence examples for consensus laboratory from inspiring English sources

The discrepancy in terms of prognostic value of the presence of ITC between the two larger studies calls for a wide co-operation among the researchers in order to establish a consensus laboratory protocol, to verify the neoplastic nature, the biological behaviour and the actual relevance of the isolated tumour cells in gastric cancer.

Because it was not possible to objectively determine a patient's coagulopathic status at study entry (due to the lack of a consensus laboratory definition for coagulopathy, time constraints, and limitations of laboratory testing in a trauma setting), a post-hoc state of coagulopathy was defined based on current transfusion guidelines [ 8].

Our aim was to report results obtained in order to verify the consensus between laboratories with reference to interpretative comments and the reference ranges/decisional limits added to clinical reports.

At the time, scientific consensus, based on laboratory research and clinical trial data, confirmed that the virus (HIV) causes the disease (AIDS) and supported the effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapies (ARVs) in treating and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Instead, the guidelines are used simply to indicate the consensus on recommended laboratory testing for different chronic conditions.

The anti-FXa level is approved by laboratory consensus groups to measure the anticoagulant effect of LMWHs [ 17, 18].

However, no consensus exists across laboratories to use standardized protocols for extraction.

†A threshold of IC50 = 100 nmol/L is applied to determine resistant isolates (consensus between the laboratories in France and Canada) and in vitro susceptibility (IC50) for the isolates from patients returning from Haiti.

Incorporating functional annotation into routine clinical interpretation of results thus requires stronger ties between clinical testing and functional modeling laboratories, consensus guidelines for functional modeling, and introduction of functionally annotated variants into electronic medical records of patients.

The variability in HIT platelet activation assay methods among institutions indicates a need for proficiency testing to assess assay performance, and for consensus guidelines on HIT laboratory testing.

In the absence of reliable biomarkers or specific laboratory tests, consensus criteria towards a positive diagnosis have been developed: the symptom-based Rome III criteria [2].