Other relevant variables were not captured by the WHOGS, such as time between twin deliveries, length and difficulty of labour, labour augmentation practices, indications for ICU admission and newborn laboratory parameters.
Nonetheless, the scientific basis for incorporating this technology into clinical practice, the indications for when to do so, and standard diagnostic and treatment algorithms for defining abnormal values are yet to be rigorously defined.
Thus, in practice the indications for intravenous nitrates in patients with AMI are restricted to symptom and blood pressure control.
Our study included a large number of patients admitted to ICU over a long period of time during which medical practice and indications for ICU admission have changed.
The intention to practice stricter indications for RBC transfusions was verbally implemented in 2011 because of increasing knowledge of the side effects of blood transfusions (12).
In practice, however, indications for dialysis in AKI are usually based on medically untreatable complications, including azotemia, hyperkalemia, oliguria/volume overload usually leading to hypoxemia, and severe metabolic acidosis [ 9].
Guidelines for the donation of adult unrelated blood and marrow stem cells are very well-developed but the continued high level of international sharing of donors requires on-going oversight of standards of practice including indications for the use of an unrelated donor graft and the health and welfare of the donor.
The study was conducted in daily clinical practice and the indication for arthroscopy was made according to clinical judgment.
In the practice guideline, the indication for continuous sedation until death is restricted to an estimated life expectancy of 2 weeks or less [ 5].
One of the earliest with key policy implications was the Preventability Study, which was designed to evaluate the extent to which addition of proposed new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) indications for PPV23 might increase the proportion of IPD preventable through better immunization coverage (7 ).
These results question the common practice of basing the indication for venovenous bypass during the anhepatic phase on a reduction in cardiac output of >50% after a trial of vena cava clamping.
