Chen et al. found acceptable correlation between the algorithm and several measures of severity in the South Carolina ED population which included Medicaid recipients [3].
Over the last decade CYBD has become the major factor in the loss of live tissue and colonies in this genus [44] with several measures of severity increasing noticeably over the last five years.
Patient-related exposures of interest (independent variables) included patient demographics and several measures of severity of illness.
To more completely characterize all patients, the authors propose using measures of severity, from mild to severe, and ratings of symptoms, like anxiety, that are found as often with personality disorders as with depression.
To compare the predictive validity of the two measurement approaches, we first estimated crude odds ratios for the measures of severity and intensity, and then estimated adjusted odds ratios to identify their independent effects.
The RAs' assessments of mobility and mental status were recorded as proxy measures of severity.
Other measures of severity give rise to other measures of risk.
Although the authors controlled for maternal depression, "they don't really have reliable measures of severity," he says.
The ISS score is virtually the only anatomical scoring system in use and correlates linearly with mortality, morbidity, hospital stay and other measures of severity.
Accurate clinical measures of severity of ARDS and mortality prediction are necessary to select appropriate patients for clinical trials to detect the beneficial effect of novel therapies [3 6].
Clinical measures of severity and response to therapy included improvement in percent predicted PEF after 60 min and a four-point severity score, similar to the Acute Asthma Index (AAI) designed and validated by Rodrigo and Rodrigo [33].
