However, well-controlled patients are the target population for a looser monitoring interval (every six months) as opposed to more "problematic" diabetes patients, who may require more frequent visits.
All of these patients underwent a clinical examination before irradiation, weekly during the treatment course and one week after the end of treatment, every month for three months and at regular time intervals (every three months) afterwards.
In such cases a block treatment with diminazene aceturate may be carried out at regular intervals, usually every six months, to eliminate any strains that are likely to have developed resistance to the prophylactic drug.
These data suggest that having accurate measurements of blood pressure at intervals longer than every six months is probably more useful for monitoring patients receiving antihypertensive drugs than the current practice of a clinic measurement every six months.
Current and intended behaviors in three relevant areas were defined together and reviewed after a predefined time interval, usually about every six months.
Patients enrolled in a long-term trial of lansoprazole for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and other acid hypersecretory states had interval histories taken every six months regarding hospitalizations or other intercurrent medical conditions.
Interventions Disease activity guided dose reduction (advice to stepwise increase the injection interval every three months, until flare of disease activity or discontinuation) or usual care (no dose reduction advice).
In the questionnaire, regular examination was defined as examination at regular intervals, e.g. yearly, every six months or monthly.
Investing at regular intervals (in this case, every six months) is called "dollar cost averaging".
And, of course, it only applies at every six months interval.
Patients were followed at monthly intervals up to six months, then at three monthly intervals up to one year, and then every six months up to the last follow-up.
