Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) should be used moderately because of the aforementioned risk of overinflation of intact lung units.
However, this limitation should be moderately weighed because the use of the Cronbach α to assess the psychometric qualities of a HRQoL questionnaire might be inappropriate when the construct validity generates dimensions with few items.
In comparison with non-ICU patients, critically ill patients admitted to ICUs may receive more benefit from mupirocin, even when moderately efficacious, because the rate of S. aureus infections in ICU patients is much higher.
Stephen Levy, the director of the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy, also said he would not understate the job losses, but that overall the outlook was moderately positive because of the expectation of a quick upswing.
These observations were specific for the high or moderately invasive cells, because the noninvasive breast cancer cells (ZR-75-1) did not form channels in vitro under identical culture conditions (data not shown).
With regard to the pattern of functional scale scores of the QLQ – C30, the pattern of responses of our patients was similar to the international data for moderately extensive/severe disease, because the lowest scores were noted for physical functioning and role functioning, while the highest scores were for cognitive and social functioning [ 44].
SOUND LEVEL Moderately loud, because of the music: Led Zeppelin, the Violent Femmes.
The Australian model was only moderately successful because of the relatively high number of false negatives.
The particle size of ACP was moderately reduced because of the introduction of anionic surfactant.
High percentages (65.4%, 55.5%, and 65.0%, respectively) of respondents felt helpless, horrified, and apprehensive because of SARS or worried that they or family members would contract the virus, and 48.4% of respondents perceived that their mental health had severely or moderately deteriorated because of the SARS epidemic (Table 4).
