Disease relevance of Expert Testimony

• CONCLUSIONS: Current standards for amiodarone toxicity monitoring are based on expert opinion with limited evidence to support most recommendations [1].
• It is hoped that this statement, which is based upon the best evidence available at the time of its creation, and modified by expert opinion, will facilitate the optimal use of these agents for our patients with RA and other rheumatic diseases [2].
• The accused couple claimed that this dose of pethidine was indicated to relief pain, and as the pathologists said in their expert opinions that the hiatus hernia could explain her death, the court had to acquit the accused [3].
• In the treatment group the local Opinion Leader for colorectal cancer was detailed by the expert opinion leader for colorectal cancer and received a toolkit [4].
• OBJECTIVE: To summarize expert opinion regarding clinical application of the recently introduced anabolic agent teriparatide [human parathyroid hormone (1-34)] in treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women, and osteoporosis in men [5].

High impact information on Expert Testimony

• OBJECTIVE: To determine current expert opinion and recommendations regarding the controversial issue of the use of growth hormone (GH) to treat short children who do not have classical GH deficiency (non-GHD children) [6].
• MATERIALS AND METHODS: Decision analysis using data from randomized trials of lansoprazole, case series, and expert opinion [7].
• Until better economic analyses are conducted and made available, the allocation of resources for asthma and allergic rhinitis will continue to primarily rely on expert opinion rather than evidence-based literature [8].
• OBJECTIVE: To review clinical data and expert opinions pertinent to the evaluation of most of the newer AEDs as monotherapy for epilepsy [9].
• Facts and recommendations about total homocysteine determinations: an expert opinion [10].

Biological context of Expert Testimony

• Consequently, under FDA contract, an ad hoc Expert Panel was convened by the Life Sciences Research Office of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences to make recommendations for the nutrient content of formulas for preterm-LBW infants based on current scientific knowledge and expert opinion [11].
• Epilepsy and evidence-based medicine: a vote of confidence in expert opinion from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence [12]?

Anatomical context of Expert Testimony

• Patients with unexplained elevations of serum prolactin or with a level above 200 ng/mL should undergo imaging of the sella turcica (SOR: C, expert opinion) [13].

Associations of Expert Testimony with chemical compounds

• Apparently equating the question of whether expert testimony is reliable with the question of whether it is genuinely scientific, in Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc (1993) the US Supreme Court ran together Karl Popper's and Carl Hempel's incompatible philosophies of science [14].
• Evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against warfarin prophylaxis for DVT in fractures distal to the hip (SOR: C, based on expert opinion) [15].
• Furosemide and other diuretics reduce symptomatic volume overload in diastolic and systolic dysfunction (SOR: C, based on expert opinion) [16].
• Appropriateness of omeprazole use was assessed by literature review and expert opinion [17].
• Ocular permeation and inhibition of retinal inflammation: an examination of data and expert opinion on the clinical utility of nepafenac [18].

Gene context of Expert Testimony

• EVIDENCE: Published literature, clinical experience, and expert opinion concerning the emergence and subsequent management of MRSA cases in health care institutions [19].
• Many physicians appear in court as expert witnesses, but the quality of their testimony varies considerably, says a Nova Scotia judge [20].
• Where necessary, these data were augmented with a combination of expert opinion, evidence from the literature and observational data relating to the management and cost of IVF treatment in the UK [21].
• METHODS: Review of the medical and family history was made by the expert witness (HTL) with appropriate documentation of the chronology of symptoms, as derived from depositions [22].
• Both for welfare scores and weighting factors the model correlated significantly with expert opinion (Spearman's Rho: 0.92, P < 0.001, and 0.72, P < 0.01, respectively) [23].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Expert Testimony

• METHODS: Analysis of documents and expert opinions on mammography screening, ultrasound examinations during normal pregnancy, and screening for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with a focus on services provided, recommendations, formal regulations, national papers, projects, and formal assessments [24].
• This concept was formulated by expert opinion of the German Task Force on NNER to define both the structural and process quality of rehabilitation in patients who sustained brain damage with sensory motor, cognitive, and neurobehavioural impairment [25].
• Physical examination and laboratory tests in the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: development of recommendations for clinical practice based on published evidence and expert opinion [26].

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