Sentence examples for use a case definition from inspiring English sources

The main limitation is that we did not have a clinical diagnosis of nipple/breast thrush and had to use a case definition based on two symptoms to estimate this condition.

Therefore, if the objective is to identify people with physical disability associated with foot pain, it would seem appropriate to use a case definition that focuses on functional impairment rather than pain intensity or concern about appearance.

Three case-control studies from our previous review have not been included, as they were either published only as abstracts or only use a case definition comprising wheeze only.

To be defined as having LBP, we use a case definition algorithm [ 33] which is based on the distribution in a cohort of 2,329 participants with a 5-year follow-up (for references, see [ 34, 35]).

As no laboratory test can be 100% sensitive, the infection control strategy guided by a combination of a case definition and any laboratory test will result in a greater proportion of the total population being infected with influenza at the end of 17 days compared to isolation of individuals using a case definition alone.

Therefore using a case definition is important.

Recently, Mikuls and colleagues [ 39] used a case definition based on the use of anti-gout treatment.

We used a case definition of periodontitis as attachment loss of ≥ 4 mm in > 10% of sites examined.