Hospital and ICU visitation restrictions were based on five criteria: visiting hours; visit duration; number of visitors; age of visitors; and membership in the patient's immediate family.
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The participants who met the inclusion criteria visited the laboratory on three different occasions in 48 to 72-hour intervals at the same time (2 4 pm).
Consecutive patients with IBS (according to the Rome II criteria) visiting a general practitioner were included in a prospective cohort study and followed up for 6−9 months.
We assessed visitation policies based on whether the hospital or ICU placed restrictions based on a total of five criteria: visiting hours; visit duration; number of visitors; age of visitors; and membership in the patient's immediate family.
To avoid a selection bias, the first two consecutive patients (the first five in Spain) corresponding to the inclusion/exclusion criteria visiting their doctor were included in each wave.
Patients were also excluded if they met one of the following prespecified glycemic criteria: visit 2, FPG >260 mg/dL, unlikely to improve with diet/exercise; visit 3, FPG >250 mg/dL consistently (i.e., measurement repeated and confirmed within 7 days); visit 4, FPG >240 mg/dL consistently; and visit 5, finger-stick glucose >240 or <120 mg/dL.
c If GDM is diagnosed by IADPSG criteria, subsequent visits only test the fasting measurements.
Individuals without diabetes at baseline who subsequently met any of these criteria at visits 2, 3, or 4 were considered to have incident diabetes.
