All this suggests that today, it's not enough to be a striking fellow in an excellent suit with great dance moves and a chart-exploding single to prove your prowess.
Among the small number of patients (98) enrolled in PROWESS with single organ dysfunction and recent surgery (surgery within 30 days prior to study treatment), 28-day all-cause mortality was 10/49 versus 8/49 for the Xigris and placebo patients, respectively (* P = 0.60); the in-hospital mortality was 14/48 versus 8/47 for the Xigris and placebo patients, respectively (* P = 0.16).
In a small subgroup of 98 patients in PROWESS with a single organ failure and recent surgery, a similar effect was detected.
This controversy emanates from approval being based on a single randomized controlled trial (RCT) (PROWESS) and particularly on one subgroup analysis.
PROWESS enrolled patients with single and multiple organ failure, APACHE II ≥ 25 and APACHE II < 25, and enrolled patients who could have been classified a priori as having either high or low clinical assessment of risk of death.
But the American priority for now is beating Viktor Troicki twice this week in singles and relying on the Bryans' prowess, even if Djokovic gets drafted for Saturday doubles duty.
After driving the car, he chattered for a good long while about steering response, single-speed transmission, regenerative braking, and inertial prowess.
Until very recently, success in Silicon Valley required focusing almost single-mindedly on an organization's technical prowess.
More unexpected, but no less celebrated, was Swaran Singh Virk's win in the first round of the single sculls rowing, India never having shown any prowess in water sports until now.
Either way, it's hard to deny the courage of taking on O.J. Simpson ("he makes it seem like the worst part of Brown and Goldman's murder was what happened to him"), Chevy Chase ("the only person smart enough not to care about anything") and Hitler ("his success was mostly a product of his prowess as a public speaker") in a single tome.
