approval process, risk evaluation criteria, requirements for documentation and key personnel as well as onboard documentation.
*95% confidence intervals could not be calculated because the number within each cell for Fisher's exact test was less than 5. †Complies with consensus criteria for adequate documentation of Ottawa ankle rules.
Whereas the definition of RCD mandates persistent symptoms and, thus, an asymptomatic patient would no longer meet criteria for RCD, documentation of mucosal healing in those patients who responded clinically and serologically would strengthen the study results.
Although these guidelines have attracted much controversy, their aim is to present criteria for design and documentation of epidemiologic studies, without interfering with the initiative of investigators.
Criteria for infection included any documentation in the chart of "drainage or discharge, erythema, redness, swelling, cellulitis, abscess, or fever".
AAACN dichotomous documentation criteria for each record (Table 2) were adjudicated by majority rule (agreement of 2 of the 3 independent nurse reviewers).
We identified consecutive patients with suspected sepsis through the following inclusion criteria: the documentation of the reason for ICU admission as 'bacteremia,'sepsisis,'severere sepsis,' or 'septic shock' in the ICU register.
Patients with definite infection were those who met clinical criteria for infection with or without microbiological documentation.
Criteria for inclusion in the cohort include documentation of HIV-positive status and willingness and ability to provide informed consent.
At diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, data are collected from the treating physician using a standardized case report form requiring documentation that American Diabetes Association criteria for the diagnosis have been met (18).
