Sentence examples for determining adequacy from inspiring English sources

Preservation of the renal residual function is an important factor determining adequacy of dialysis.

No data supporting the statement that arterial toe blood pressure did not predict outcomes were provided, and transcutaneous oxymetry would have been a better means of determining adequacy of wound perfusion and oxygenation than toe pressures (16).

The area under the curve (AUC) of the ROC curve was used to determine adequacy.

The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) [ 30] and Bartlett's test of sphericity were used to determine adequacy of the data for factor analysis [ 31].

It is now known that CVP is a poor reflection of left ventricular preload in critical illness and cannot accurately determine adequacy of resuscitation.

Nine questions need answers to determine adequacy: (1) Does the study deal with a defined problem or a defined segment of it?

"Adequate" prenatal care was assigned based on the Kessner index, which uses start of prenatal care, number of prenatal visits, and duration of pregnancy to determine adequacy [ 11].

Culture-negative episodes of VAP were excluded from analysis, because by definition we would be unable to determine adequacy of antibiotic treatment.

To our knowledge, this is the first analysis of the adequacy of micronutrient intakes in multiple countries using national survey data, with reanalysis of raw data to obtain uniformity in age groups and using a single set of recommendations and a uniform method to determine adequacy.

Crossman & Bryan (2006, p. 372) see adequacy in more general terms: ' That is, increasing patch size and connectivity to improve the chances that species will be able to maintain viable populations.' Possingham et al. (2005) determine adequacy of a reserve system by assessing the viability of key species.

To our knowledge, the present study is the first analysis of the adequacy of micronutrient intakes in multiple countries using national survey data, with reanalysis of raw data to obtain uniformity in age groups and using a single set of recommendations and a uniform method to determine adequacy.