Although this group of 90 patients is as homogenous as one can except in a study of sepsis, there are differences between patients that could contribute to mortality.
The direction of effect was in favor of intervention in all the studies except that in study by Bhandari et al. 2001.
But based on the findings, he said, the balloon treatment should not be used except in studies that are carefully designed to find out whether there are any patients who might be helped by it.
Reported outcomes showed high efficacy and low rate of significant side effects, except in studies utilising higher doses of radiotherapy where higher grade toxicities were seen.
Emissions are neutrally buoyant with no significant vertical momentum, releases being made from point sources at heights Hs in the range of Hb⩽Hs⩽1.5Hb, except in studies with floating roof tanks where the release was from an annulus between the roof and the internal tank wall.
We considered all cause mortality except in studies where only cardiovascular mortality was reported.
Randomized controlled trials on fracture prevention in postmenopausal women exclude patients with secondary osteoporosis, except in studies in glucocorticoid users.
(4) Across all studies, caloric compensation to SSDs is > 98%, except in studies of less than one year in duration.
Thirty-one assessment tools were used, most of which have been validated, except in studies of CE.
Comparisons with humans are hampered because the initial amount of pulmonary edema in human lung is poorly documented except in studies of ex-vivo human lungs [ 24].
