| Unfortunately, we have little empiric evidence that demonstrates the profound effect that it can have on altering physician practice patterns. |
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| An alternative to assisted reproductive technologies is empiric treatment with clomiphene citrate, although few convincing data show benefit. |
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| In the absence of such data, empiric selection should consider local epidemiology and susceptibility patterns. |
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| If no organic disorder is found on endoscopy, empiric therapy appears to be the most reasonable approach. |
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| Travelers should consult a physician if the diarrhea is severe and does not respond to empiric therapy. |
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| Some authorities advocate empiric therapy with broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. |
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| The physician should remember this subconscious need when experiencing the urge to try yet another empiric treatment. |
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| If so, appropriate empiric antifungal treatment may be initiated while a diagnostic workup is being performed. |
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| At present, no guidelines exist for the empiric use of antibiotics in donors in the absence of evidence for bronchopneumonia. |
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| This is not just a funny figure: it can be found in the market empiric tables and be translated into a rating. |
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| If results are not available within 24 hours, empiric treatment could be started and discontinued if another virus is identified. |
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| Unfortunately as of today only empiric measures can be taken to improve the wine's finish. |
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| Either way, these cut-off points are arbitrary and lack empiric validation. |
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| Although often used, at least in our institution, as empiric therapy of CAP where there is possible aspiration, clindamcyin monotherapy is unadvisable. |
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| Treatment is largely empiric, although experience and small clinical studies have proved the efficacy of low-dose antidepressant therapy and exercise. |
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| In patients with recurrent kidney stones, empiric therapy and the modified simple metabolic evaluation were equally the most cost-effective strategies. |
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| Nevertheless, empiric evidence suggests that balance programs, such as repeatedly standing on one leg, can improve stability and decrease the risk of falls. |
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| Two cost-effectiveness analyses supported empiric treatment with antiviral agents for appropriate patients if the likelihood of influenza is high. |
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| Some authors support the single best answer option relative to multiple correct options, but little empiric support is provided for advantages of either system. |
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| Choice of agents for empiric therapy should be determined by the patient's age and the presence of predisposing conditions, and should assume antimicrobial resistance. |
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| The empiric use of broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics is therefore unnecessary in children with typical signs and symptoms of RSV bronchiolitis, and may be harmful. |
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| The empiric results enable the geologist and engineer to distinguish, within the limits of a malloseismic district, the tracts to be affected disastrously by an earthquake wave. |
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| New analyses of occupational epidemiologic studies for highly exposed workers show a substantially lower potency and suggest an empiric threshold for chrysotile compared with amphibole asbestos. |
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| Since the majority of fevers occurred in neutropenic patients, patients should be closely monitored during the first month of treatment and empiric antibiotics should be initiated as clinically indicated. |
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| For less severe infections, options for empiric therapy include clindamycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or a tetracycline, macrolide or quinolone. |
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| The empiric survey by Dr. Stefan Jaeger makes a key scientific contribution to ensuring an objective discussion on the necessity and usefulness of internal control. |
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| An echinocandin antifungal should be used for empiric treatment of suspected catheter-related candidemia. |
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| The patient was started on antihypertensive medication, empiric acyclovir, decadron, and cerebyx. |
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| Even if not specifically studied for noncyclic CPP, empiric use of NSAIDs is among the first-line treatments recommended in most publications.7 Opioids are the main category of analgesics with central activity. |
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| In summary, CBTs have broad empiric support for their effectiveness in reducing perceived pain intensity and distress in populations with chronic pain. |
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| An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician. |
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| Treatment of type 3 disease should begin with an empiric regimen consisting of a macrolide, ethambutol, and a rifamycin. |
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| If the urinary tract procedure is not elective, it may be reasonable to include an agent active against enterococci in the empiric or specific perioperative antimicrobial regimen administered to the patient. |
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| Faith is an internal certainty that comes from that experience with the divine, allowing the faithful to draw on spiritual resources without having physical or empiric proof. |
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| When feasible, the decision to administer empiric antifungal therapy in these patients should be made in consultation with a physician with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infections. |
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| For the same reason, the analysis of the productive investment rate is limited: the empiric average can be calculated over only a relatively short period. |
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| Neonates with an acute or delayed sepsis disease syndrome should have empiric listeria coverage while undergoing a diagnostic workup for sepsis in the newborn. |
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| The breakdown of organisms into community-acquired or nosocomial categories can be useful in determining empiric therapy and tracking the development of antibiotic resistance. |
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| This study compared tigecycline with a current empiric combination treatment for intra-abdominal infections comprised of Primaxin, a common treatment for such illnesses. |
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| Empiric studies have shown that the quality of a review article is often superior when it is written by a nonexpert. |
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| Empiric treatment of traveler's diarrhea with antibiotics and loperamide is effective and often limits symptoms to one day. |
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| Empiric therapy for tuberculosis and histoplasmosis was initiated. |
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| Empiric antibiotic coverage with a first-generation cephalosporin or antistaphylococcal penicillin usually is adequate treatment for an uncomplicated felon. |
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