Sentence examples for severe definition from inspiring English sources

A more severe definition of objectivity that would require a measure of validity outside any tradition of inquiry or paradigm or episteme or habitus is simply uncashable.

If the more severe definition of capital caused some German landesbanks to fail the stress tests, they could be required to raise more money, or in extreme cases even wind down their operations.

Second, our study used more severe definitions for AOF.

The sensitivity of the code improved for more severe definitions of AKI, peaking at the RIFLE Injury definition.

31 35 The ICD-10 code showed improved sensitivity for more severe definitions of AKI and was the highest for the RIFLE Injury definition.

The positive predictive value of the ICD-10 code decreased for more severe definitions of AKI and was the lowest for the RIFLE Injury definition.

The positive-predictive value of the code decreased for more severe definitions of AKI, with a nadir at the RIFLE Injury definition in both settings.

Based on the findings of a previous validation study on ICD-9 codes, we anticipated the sensitivity for ICD-10 code N17× would be low, improving with more severe definitions of AKI. 8 10 21 22 Moreover, we expected higher sensitivity in patients with CKD than those without, as the former typically have larger absolute increases in serum creatinine for a given amount of AKI.

The sensitivity of ICD-10 code N17× for AKI was limited, particularly for less-severe definitions.

Therefore we used it only as one of several definitions of severe CAP.

Sepsis severity definitions (sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock) were based on classic criteria defined by the American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine [ 25].