Freight delivery characteristics, such as the urgency of deliveries can be generalized from the sample to the population by assigning probabilistically a specific answer (e.g., non-urgent) based on the sample distribution, even with some level of stratification (e.g., by industry category) as in Alho and de Abreu e Silva [15].
The ED visits were classified as urgent and less-urgent, based on the ICD-9 codes and review by two nurses who both agreed on the less-urgent ED classification (n = 28,5440) for the visit.
Then, offloadable and non-offloadable tasks are divided into urgent and not urgent tasks based on their latency requirements.
If a woman had more than one indication for referral, the one associated with worse outcome or needing urgent attention based on obstetrician assessment was taken.
Barnett has a less urgent perspective, based on fighting old battles, but still talks of a crisis.
It was an urgent alert, based on new information, but it did not give any details about the nature of the threat.
The stark and urgent alert, based on new intelligence information, gave no information about the gravity or nature of the threat and did not indicate where or how an attack might occur.
"We therefore need an urgent response based on robust scientific knowledge… The time to act is now, and we advocate for local, regional and national governments to urgently commit to funding the research needed to stop the Buruli ulcer".
It is critical to distinguish TTP from HELLP syndrome as TTP does not necessarily require pregnancy discontinuation [ 8– 10] but does require urgent treatment based on plasma exchange [ 11].
In a recent audit of 345 upper gastrointestinal urgent referrals based on these recommendations in London, 36 (11.4%) upper gastrointestinal cancers were identified, 13 being pancreatic (Patel et al, 2011).
