Sentences with phrase «deaths as a result of infections»

They are nine times more likely to commit suicide and deaths as a result of infections are twice as likely.

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Here, the risk of pathogen invasion, and subsequent death from infection, was greatly increased as a result of wounding.

Thus, diarrhoea and undernutrition combine to form a vicious circle which, if it is not broken, can eventually result in death; the final event may be a particularly severe or prolonged episode of diarrhoea or, when severe undernutrition is present, another serious infection such as pneumonia.

Desjeux says the catastrophic death rate in Sudan is due to the collapse of the health infrastructure due to war, and weakened immunity resulting from malnutrition and other infections such as TB.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

This appears to involve direct infection of Sertoli cells and germ cells which then results in a series of changes, such as cell death and invasion by immune cells, and pronounced inflammatory - like changes within the testes.

Heartworm infection may result in serious disease for the host, with death typically as the result of congestive heart failure.

No benefit for accidental death is payable if the Insured's death is caused or contributed to by: disease or infirmity of mind or body, or medical or surgical treatment for such disease or infirmity; an infection not occurring as a direct result or consequence of an accidental bodily injury; any attempt at suicide, or intentional self - inflicted injury, while sane or insane; travel in an aircraft or device used for testing or experimental purposes, used by or for military authority or used for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere; active participation in a riot or insurrection; committing or attempting to commit a felony; intoxication as defined by the jurisdiction where the accidental injury occurred; riding or driving an air, land or water vehicle in a race, speed or endurance contest; rock or mountain climbing; bungee jumping; or aeronautics (hang - gliding, skydiving, parachuting, ultralight, soaring, ballooning and parasailing).