Besides these emergency criteria, indications for surgical intervention were the following: radial shortening of more than 3 mm; dorsal comminution; dislocation of more than 20° in extra-articular fractures; or an intra-articular step-off of more than 2 mm.
We selected all cases with confirmed infections by P. falciparum, and registered parameters like age, gender, nationality, country of transmission, severe malaria criteria, indications and contraindications of intravenous quinine, as well as its adverse effects and clinical outcome.
Taking into account the physiological development of pediatric flat foot, previous clinical studies, the literature search performed in this study as well as the professional experience of the author, this paper describes criteria for indication of orthotic therapy.
13613_2018_375_MOESM1_ESM.docx Additional file 1. Criteria for indication and contraindication in pre- and post-ECMO team periods.
Another inclusion criteria was indication for a preventive medication (more than 3 attacks/months) and the decision to start a treatment with metoprolol.
Inclusion criteria were indication for revision with a dual mobility cup for recurrent dislocation or subluxation of the prosthesis (more than two episodes) and a minimum follow-up of 1 year after revision surgery.
2. Develop guidelines of recommendations and criteria of indication for abdominal echography with consensus among primary care physicans and specialists.
The Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) [ 15] is an implicit tool which measures prescribing appropriateness according to ten criteria including indication, effectiveness, dose, administration, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions and cost.
The same number of requests for abdominal echographies from the same physicians will be evaluated after the implementation of guidelines of recommendations and criteria of indication of abdominal echography.
Before 2014, there were standard criteria for indications and contraindications of ECMO (Additional file 1), but decisions about initiation and decannulation were mostly left to the physicians that oversaw patients.
