Evidence of prior research success might predict future success, but it might not.
While SAT scores might predict your success in the classroom, beyond a basic level of intelligence your passion, motivation, initiative, networking and hustle matter more than your grade-point average.
Only few factors which might predict the success of flecainide in acute cardioversion have been identified, yet.
Lastly, associations were sought between changes in clinical measurements 6 months after SRP treatment and the anti-p18 levels 6 months before treatment to determine if they might predict treatment success or failure.
Therefore, fasting plasma glucose measured at early follow-up visits might predict future success in reaching HbA1c targets.
They suggested that LA mechanics might predict the success of pulmonary vein isolation in patients with AF.
But what should be sequenced, how many reads should be enough, and are there any properties of the sample that might predict the success of the approach?
Indeed, the nature of the tumor microenvironment might predict the success of the VACV therapy even though the treatment outcome seems to be mainly correlated with the ability of the infected tumor cells to provide the "tissue-specific signal" to activate the immune response and attract specific leukocytes.
See related research by Huang et al., http://ccforum.com/content/18/1/R21 In the previous issue of Critical Care, I read with interest the article by Huang and colleagues, who suggested that heart rate variability (HRV) changes might predict the success of ventilator weaning [ 1].
