Predicted values: how should we use them?

Predicted values: how should we use them?

What is a design? How should we classify them?

If you were to go into a motorcycle-parts department and ask them for a feedback assembly they wouldn’t know what the hell you were talking about. They don’t split it up that way. No two manufacturers ever split it up quite the same way and every mechanic is familiar with the problem of the part you can’t buy because you can’t find it because the manufacturer considers it part of something else...

Controversies of surviving sepsis campaign bundles: should we use them?

Sepsis accounts for a huge number of deaths in intensive care units all over the world. In 2002, Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) was launched, targeting a mortality reduction of 25% in 5 years. Treatment guidelines were developed, published in 2004 and revised in 2007. An educational program was initiated based on bundles in which 11 of those guidelines were put together to facilitate their ass...

Self-reported adherence measures: what do they assess and how should we use them?

Scientific papers on adherence almost universally begin by noting that nonadherence with treatment is pervasive, that it has a profound impact on health outcomes and costs, and that interventions to improve adherence are only modestly effective. These inherent difficulties in measuring and improving adherence are compounded by substantial confusion about the meaning of the term “adherence” itse...

We can train them, but how can we retain them?

To the Editor: The Department of Surgery at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine is proud of its 100% pass rate in the October 2008 Colleges of Medicine of South Africa examinations held in Durban. Most candidates attended the graduation and joined the 3 who passed in May as registered specialists in general surgery. This represents a stalwart effort on the part of the candidates and their t...