Because the emergence from coma or PDOC generally occurs through a gradual (and often variable) process of recovery, individual trend analysis may conceivably provide the best indication of outcome with respect to recovered awareness.
While the MRS has been shown to provide a reasonable indication of outcome, in routine clinical follow-up it requires supplementation by instruments assessing dysexecutive function, memory and mood.
Without these services, the only indication of outcome after ICU would be re-admission or visits by former patients and their relatives to the ICU, which are unreliable [ 20].
There are likely to be worse prognoses when carcinomas acquire the ability to form AMC-high and BVI-positive tumours, which then become more important indications of outcome than lymph-node status and clinical tumour size.
The MOXFQ summary index score (MOXFQ-Index) provides an overall indication of the outcomes of foot and ankle surgery.
Many studies report a shorter time period of 1 or 3 months, which gives an indication of earlier outcomes including a higher follow-up and success rate.
For all the above reasons, we can have confidence that the trial results give a reliable indication of the outcomes from delivering integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy by trained therapists to people with a diagnosis of psychosis and moderate to heavy use of alcohol, illicit drugs, or both.
However, quality of life and Glasgow Outcome score assessment at six months may be a more relevant indication of neurological outcome.
The analysis provides estimates of the total cost of implementing each scenario and an indication of what outcome, in terms of exclusive breastfeeding, one might expect in return for such an investment compared to the outcomes you would expect from doing nothing extra.
