This last limitation may have led to an oversampling of patients with less advanced disease, limiting the generalizability of the results.
Furthermore, the RDS is a non-representative sample limiting the generalizability of these results.
In unconscious, hypoxic, or altered patients, this would not be possible limiting the generalizability of the findings of the current study to the real clinical environment.
The study was conducted in one of the three dental faculties in Istanbul, limiting the generalizability of the results and the conclusions.
Moreover, some countries like Rwanda are characterised by unique political contexts and demographic situations, limiting the generalizability of results to other countries.
These studies measured CPF using a dedicated flow-meter that required patient disconnection from the ventilator, limiting the generalizability of this procedure.
It is possible that clinicians in our ED only sent a lactate on sicker patients, potentially biasing our sample and limiting the generalizability of our findings.
Second, the study was performed in a sample of septic shock patients from a single center, potentially limiting the generalizability of the results.
Further, the health outcomes related to PE are not well distinguished from those related to advanced cancer, further limiting the generalizability of the results.
Also, most of this research has been conducted in heterosexual samples, certainly limiting the generalizability of the results.
First, the study population was comprised entirely of VCT service users, potentially limiting the generalizability of the findings to the general population.
