The majority of recent papers on transition focus on generating recommendations for supporting transitions, while few qualitative studies and one prospective evaluation provided empirical data [ 29].
Regularly, evaluation of this follow-up protocol based on prospective evaluation of cases is necessary for its fine tuning.
Based on prospective evaluation, it is reassuring that existing mechanisms for reporting meningococcal infection perform well and are timely.
At present the programme does not involve coverage schemes for new technologies linked to the production of evidence, and decisions on acquisition and adoption are left to the local Health Trusts, provided they take on responsibility for prospective evaluations of the claimed clinical benefits.
CT is not performed on every ICU patient, as it is expensive and involves considerable radiation exposure for prospective evaluation of body composition [ 40].
Another consideration for prospective evaluation is sample size calculation.
To the best of our knowledge, this trial is one of the largest prospective evaluations on S. aureus endocarditis comparing patients with and without injection drug use [ 2, 13].
This multicentre study is based on a prospective evaluation of brachycephalic dogs over a two-year period (January 2008 January 2010) in four veterinary hospitals (Hospital Clinic Veterinari, Barcelona; ARS Veterinaria, Barcelona; Centro Policlínico Veterinario El Raspeig, Alicante and Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, Arcueil).
This retrospective study should stimulate prospective evaluations focusing on the quality and cost of care in patients with epilepsy and investigations of whether the higher costs of specialty epilepsy care are offset and justified by improvements in quality of life.
Prospective evaluations of patients on sorafenib showed that HFSR developed in 60% of patients, with 23% being grade ≥2 in severity [ 9].
27 These factors would provide an improved infrastructure for future prospective evaluations of national interventions on infection control.
