Sustained EDSS progression was defined as ≥1.0-point increase in EDSS score sustained for 6 months.
Fortunately, the score sustains interest on its own, without the help of theatrical circuses.
Moreover, the relationship between hypoglycemia and increased LOS was independent of severity of illness; patients with hypoglycemia who had mild, moderate, or severe levels of illness, reflected by APACHE II score sustained significantly longer LOS than did those without hypoglycemia, and this relationship was seen for survivors as well as nonsurvivors.
It has managed to score sustained market share gains, as innovative offerings, improving network performance and good customer service attract new customers, according to Moody's Investors Service Inc. T-Mobile became the first major U.S. carrier to eliminate two-year contracts, a shift quickly embraced by consumers and copied by competitors.
The EDSS is the assessment most commonly used in MS trials (relatively few report changes in MSFC score), therefore we focus on measures related to EDSS score, such as confirmed disability progression (CDP), which is usually based on changes in the score sustained over 3 or 6 months; of these, 6-month CDP is the more robust indicator of permanent disability progression [ 17, 18].
Some might argue that improved literacy scores sustained into first grade is evidence of high Pre-K program quality and may therefore assume that replicating the Pre-K program described here is desirable.
Fun as much of this is, the action commutes awkwardly between the humour and the real emotions with the nagging sense that Kent doesn't trust the score to sustain the drama, and in an opera that already provides plenty of scope for dancing, he encourages choreographer Ashley Page to add even more during some of the arias.
The composite score was sustained at a minimum of 90% during 2009 and Quarter 1 of 2010.Holding clinical microsystems accountable for improving unit performance proved beneficial to macrosystem performance of the Joint Commission core measures.
That one doesn't get even more impatient with the material owes much to Ms. McGinnis's shining-faced charm, which both navigates the musical rivulets of Paul Gordon's ceaselessly twinkling score and sustains interest in a piece that is about twice as long as it need be.
In the concert's second half, a lack of a flowing musical line in his reading of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 became even more problematic, conveying little of the score's sustained drama and pastoral beauty.
