In this review, we investigate the applicability of graph theory to understand the impact of epilepsy on cognition compared with controls and, then, the patterns of cognitive development in normally developing children which would set the stage for prospective comparisons of children with epilepsy and controls.
A sample size of 88 youth for the prospective comparison (70 Intervention and 75% continuity of care versus 18 Comparison and 25% continuity of care) will provide 90% power to detect this difference at an alpha level of 0.05.
Clinical decision making for the most appropriate infection control strategy is frequently hampered by the absence of prospective comparisons of different control strategies.
In order to validate the effectiveness of a vitrification approach for oocyte cryopreservation a prospective comparison was thus designed in our population of infertile patients.
This study was therefore designed to generate sufficient statistical evidence to rigorously evaluate the results of the IAVI and HVTN SOPs for concordance and to guide the prospective comparison or pooling of ELISpot immunogenicity assessments across laboratories within the CAVD initiative.
Tilly et al (2003b) conducted a prospective comparison between ACVBP and CHOP for intermediate grade lymphoma.
The prospective comparison of the two test systems for the Belgian population will be part of a future study.
Govert, JA, Dodd, LG, Kussin, PS, and Samuelson, WM. "A prospective comparison of fiberoptic transbronchial needle aspiration and bronchial biopsy for bronchoscopically visible lung carcinoma". Cancer 87, no. 3 (June 1999): 129-134.
While prospective comparison trials are needed, these data suggest a potential role for bolus IV enalaprilat in the management of hypertensive AHF.
Prospective comparison of hemorrhagic complications after treatment with enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin for unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.
