Large breed dogs with a distended abdomen, retching and lethargy should be considered a medical emergency as these signs may indicate gastric bloat which can be
fatal without immediate treatment.
Without immediate treatment to keep a child's airways from constricting, asthma can be fatal.
The oncologist told Matzke that once melanoma invades an internal organ like the lung, the invariable outcome is death — usually within months —
without immediate treatment.
Without immediate treatment, cardiac arrest is often fatal.
Without immediate treatment, canine parvovirus often progresses quickly.