TASK DEFINITION: Indicate the presence of numerical data in the abstract (whether numerical data plays a key role in medical records), solely using the information from the abstract.
PROBLEM: Abstract: We compared the degree of complement activation in 15 patients receiving massive blood transfusions and 21 patients with the septic syndrome and examined its association with other risk factors for adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients with massive transfusion (n = 8) as their only risk factor for ARDS had lower C3a levels (250 +/- 80 ng/ml) and a lower incidence of ARDS (0%) than patients with massive transfusion plus other risk factors (n = 7; C3a, 600 +/- 120 ng/ml; ARDS, 55%) or patients with the septic syndrome (n = 21; C3a, 540 +/- 80 ng/ml; ARDS, 19%). In our patients, the degree of complement activation appeared to reflect the presence of complicating clinical conditions.
Question: Does the abstract contain any numerical data?

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Abstract: This paper reviews the recent medical and legal literature in the field of spouse abuse. Domestic violence is a national phenomenon that directly affects victims of spouse abuse and indirectly conditions the children of the victims to accept violent behavior as normative. This paper characterizes the cycle of violence battered women encounter, describes their injury patterns, explores the dynamics of the abusive relationship, and discusses the factors that compel women to remain in such violent relationships. The second section describes many of the recent legislation designed to prevent spouse abuse. Next, this paper addresses the case law utilizing the "battered woman syndrome" as a defense for spousal homicide. The third section of the paper explores the often neglected topic of the battered husband.
Question: Does the abstract contain any numerical data?

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Abstract: The effects of dobutamine on hemodynamic and oxygen transport were evaluated in 43 studies on 34 critically ill general (noncardiac) surgical patients. Dobutamine, beginning at a low dose (2.5 micrograms/kg X min) significantly increased cardiac index (CI), oxygen delivery (DO2), and oxygen consumption (VO2), while decreasing mean arterial pressure, pulmonary artery and wedge pressures, and systemic and pulmonary vascular resistances; blood gases, pH, and pulmonary shunt were not significantly changed. These effects were seen in postoperative and septic patients, as well as in patients with normal, low, and high control CI. These responses were poor in terminally ill and hypovolemic patients; however, when the latter were given additional fluids, their responses were markedly improved. The hemodynamic effects of dobutamine are well known, but the DO2 and VO2 effects, which suggest improved tissue perfusion, have not been appreciated.
Question: Does the abstract contain any numerical data?

SOLUTION:
Yes