Is it important to quantify hepatic fibrosis?

Why Is It Important to Treat Spasticity?

J Rehabil Med Suppl 41, 2003 DOI 10.1080/16501960310010160 This review of the long-term management of spasticity addresses some of the clinical dilemmas in the management of patients with chronic disability. As it is important for clinicians to have clear objectives in patient treatment, the available treatment strategies are set out. Why is it important to treat spastic patients and what treat...

Is it Important to Study Cultural Differences?

This paper discusses the authors’ interest in effects of culture on website design in two cultures and on the evaluation of teaching in three cultures. We obviously thought the influence of culture important enough in these two very different contexts to warrant our consideration and investigation. In the case of website design, the intention was to discover any differences that can be attribut...

Is it important to classify ischaemic stroke?

Thirty-five percent of all ischemic events remain classified as cryptogenic. This study was conducted to ascertain the accuracy of diagnosis of ischaemic stroke based on information given in the medical notes. It was tested by applying the clinical information to the (TOAST) criteria. Hundred and five patients presented with acute stroke between Jan-Jun 2007. Data was collected on 90 patients. ...

Why It Is Important to Precisiate Goals

Objectives are usually imprecise (fuzzy). In many real-life situations, our objectives are imprecise (fuzzy). A company may want to have a good growth rate, an excellent level of customer satisfaction, etc. A university program may seek excellent quality of graduates, steady growth of the program, more good students and faculty in the program, etc. Many such statements use imprecise (fuzzy) wor...

What is heterogeneity and is it important?