Sentences with phrase «in severe»

In severe cases, patients must undergo dialysis or a kidney transplantation to survive.

But he is encouraged that so far at least, there is no evidence that a post-vaccination infection with dengue serotype 2 infection results in severe illness.

For the study, conducted as part of the doctoral thesis of Mahesh Raundhal, a graduate student in the laboratory of Prabir Ray, Ph.D., Pitt professor of medicine and co-senior author, the research team examined lung cell samples obtained from patients also participating in the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP), a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health - sponsored program to improve the understanding of severe asthma.

In severe cases, GBS can interfere with a person's ability to breathe, and doctors estimate that about 5 % of cases are fatal.

Turner served as principal investigator for MUSC in the VIPS for the Non-Invasive Detection of Hemispheric Bioimpedance Asymmetry in Severe Brain Pathology (VITAL) study reported in the article.

H. F. Molloy reported in 1993 that overheating the body during sleep can result not only in severe skin disease but also in disturbed sleep (International Journal of Dermatology, vol 32, p 668).

«Exposure to high altitude can cause acute mountain sickness (AMS) and, in severe cases, cerebral or pulmonary edema.

The Spanish National Research Council, which is in severe financial difficulty, gets a 0.1 % budget increase.

«Blocking TWEAK activity, alone or in combination with other treatments, may sufficiently control skin inflammation to clear up the debilitating symptoms and restore quality of life in severe cases of those diseases.»

Known as community - associated MRSA, or CA - MRSA, these skin infections have been reported in athletes, daycare - age children, students, military personnel and prison inmates, among others, and can lead to hospitalization, surgical procedures, bacteria in the blood, and in severe cases, death.

Successful invasion by the parasite can cause flulike illness, and in severe cases, death.

In severe cases, people lose a liter of rice - water stool per hour and, without rehydration to replace lost body water and electrolytes, can die within half a day.

These types of scars are associated with permanent functional loss and, in severe cases, carry the stigma of disfigurement.

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of blood vessels in severe cases of malaria.

In severe cases, it can lead to bleeding ulcers in the esophagus and it can be associated with a dangerous condition called Barrett's esophagus, which can lead to esophageal cancer.

«In severe drought conditions, which are expected to increase with climate change, organic farms have the potential to produce high yields because of the higher water - holding capacity of organically farmed soils,» Reganold said.

The most common type in the United States is b thalassemia, also known as Mediterranean anemia in its mild form or Cooley's anemia in its severe form.

One picture shows a boy with a missing arm, another a woman in severe distress over the burns covering her body.

A recent study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) shows a significant decrease in severe sepsis mortality rates over the past 20 years.

Natural killer cells serve important roles in clearing non-type 2 inflammatory cells, so identification of a defect in NK cell function in severe asthma provides a window for the development of new therapeutic approaches.

This study has identified airway NK cells as a pro-resolving target for lipoxins; however, lipoxins are under - produced in severe asthma.

New classes of drugs that target allergic asthma are emerging or close to market, but Levy notes that these new drugs are unlikely to help patients with non-type 2 inflammation in severe asthma.

Because prior studies suggesting a decrease in severe sepsis mortality rates used only billing codes from administrative data, it was thought that billing code changes may be responsible for the mortality decline.

Also in the vulnerable Arctic ecosystems, an increase in the populations of geese may result in severe damage.

An emerging virus that is causing an unprecedented epidemic in Brazil and is quickly spreading through Latin America may be responsible for a spike in severe birth defects.

In severe cases, it can be disabling.

In severe cases, patients are treated by wearing a special mask while asleep — a CPAP mask (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure mask), which increases the air pressure in the throat, meaning that the airway doesn't collapse during sleep.

Excessive numbers of glutamine - rich repeats in various human proteins are known to result in severe neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease.

In severe sepsis, extracellular histones originate from a large number of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs, extracellular fiber networks that snare pathogens and are mostly comprised of DNA from white blood cells), or various damaged cells.

The data revealed that the rate of high - acceleration events — a sign of risky driving — dropped by about 34 % immediately after a teen was involved in a severe collision.

These findings suggest that targeting NFAT activity might be a useful way to ameliorate lung injury in severe streptococcal infections.

A «funneling» effect has been a major factor in severe flooding on the River Clyde in recent years, according to a study by mathematicians at the University of Strathclyde.

All told, Asner concludes, 4 % of the trees in the severe drought area had died, a rate of mortality four times the baseline rate in areas with normal rainfall.

Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine, resulting in severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can result in dehydration and death.

The research, involving data on actual driving behavior from over 250 teens, suggests that involvement in a severe crash may prompt adolescents to engage in safer driving behavior.

Such wounds can be hard to treat, because in severe cases there might not be enough healthy skin on the patient to harvest or culture for a graft.

They are currently carrying out further research to identify what factors might play a role in severe stress reactions to a cancer diagnosis, who might be at high risk and what could be done to reduce the risk.

«Microbes help plants survive in severe drought.»

The study, «Intravenous augmentation treatment and lung density in severe α1 antitrypsin deficiency (RAPID): a randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled trail,» published online will change how clinicians understand this treatment and encourage them to consider its early use before the condition causes severe emphysema.

Once influenza spreads deep into the lungs, the body's own immune response can prove harmful, resulting in severe damage to the alveolar air sacs.

The first two surgeries did little to improve JFK's condition and in fact resulted in severe complications and additional pain.

From a hardware perspective, the Van Allen Probes» most significant challenge was to operate and perform measurements in the severe charged particle environment of the radiation belts, a region of space most spacecraft avoid.

Although most animals» cognitive abilities decline late in life, only people seem to develop Alzheimer's disease, which can result in severe dementia symptoms.

A European consortium of epilepsy researchers has reported the discovery of a new gene involved in severe childhood epilepsy.

But our research shows that allocating forested land results in severe levels of deforestation at the taxpayer's expense.»

William Sullivan (UCSC), collaborator of this work, adds: «Like a car with its engine out of tune, over many cell divisions this is likely to result in severe disruptions in chromosome organization.»

In its severe form, it is associated with systemic inflammatory conditions such as atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

This may help to explain why mountain amphibians are in severe decline.

The onset of this disorder, which strikes women twice as frequently as men, is typically between the ages of 20 and 40 and is characterized by a multitude of symptoms ranging from muscle fatigue and short - term memory loss to complete loss of motility in severe cases.

Failure to properly pack DNA jeopardizes the stability of chromosomes and can result in severe diseases.