A number of significant mortality predictors were identified by the bivariate analysis: age, baseline Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) respiratory score, baseline prothrombin time, number of organ failures at baseline, pre-infusion APACHE II score, baseline SOFA cardiovascular score, change in platelets, and change in creatinine.
Recruitment was sequential; however, on days when resources did not permit sequential recruitment due to high volume of inmates entering custody, potential participants were identified by the last digit of their unique Corrective Services NSW assigned identification (ID) code in order from highest digit (nine) to lowest.
Sequential marker analysis of the control line 'WA8046' first with the 100 markers and then with the additional 136 markers, identified 24 donor parent (DP) segments that were not identified by the 100 markers (data not shown).
Differentially expressed genes were identified by performing sequential pair-wise comparisons between the GFP+ and GFP− fractions from four independent sorting experiments using two different cell lines, performed in two different laboratories.
Likewise, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) was defined as IAP > 20 mmHg in combination with at least one new end-organ failure, which can be identified by a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) sub-score ≥ 3 [23].
Major vessels can readily be identified by following sequential 3-mm cuts.
Likewise, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) was defined as IAP > 20 mmHg in combination with at least one new end-organ failure, which can be identified by a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) sub-score ≥ 3 [ 23].
Controls were contacted and identified by using sequential-digit dialing beginning with the matching patient's telephone number.
For the present study, farm household typologies were identified by using two sequential multivariate statistical techniques: principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) (Ding and He [2004]).
Controls were identified by using sequential-digit dialing, a technique that uses sequential digits from the end of the telephone number of the case-patient to contact potential controls (11 ).
