When published rates did not reflect Hayes's wishes, Read said he would come up with excuses.

Read said he made up a string of excuses when published rates did not reflect Hayes's requests.

The aim of this study was to calculate our venous thromboembolism rates and compare these to published rates in the literature.

The published rates represent the maximum that may be charged but it is at the discretion of the operator to apply discounts.

Background: As the mortality of children weighing 500 through 1249 g at birth decreases, the published rates of neurologic disability among survivors have caused concern.