Sentences with phrase «high morbidity»

All of these factors will increasingly contribute to the marked increase in lung infections with ageing, resulting in high morbidity and mortality.

The main reason behind such high morbidity is poor early detection capabilities as well as inability of currently employed drugs to alleviate cancer progression.

Diseases caused by Aspergillus affect millions of people worldwide, causing high morbidity and mortality.

Importantly, when eventual nodal recurrence makes delayed lymphadenectomy necessary, the procedure is actually associated with considerably higher morbidity than would have occurred had CLND been done promptly after SLN biopsy.

[6] Therefore, the benefit some patients may derive by avoidance of lymphadenectomy is counterbalanced by higher morbidity, including increased risk of moderate to severe lymphedema and longer hospital stays in the event that a delayed CLND is required following observation.

That is, reverse causation may be a more credible explanation of the association than a complicated theory that attempts to explain why something suddenly has an exactly opposite effect in a group known for higher morbidity.

It is characterized by frequent dry and hacking coughs with high morbidity in canines (approx 80 %)(2).

This coupled with high morbidity and mortality, led to a felt need, in Maharashtra (India), for the identification of an evidence — based, workable method which is easy, replicable and cost effective.

Chagas disease (caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi) and strongyloidiasis (caused by the helminth S. stercoralis) are neglected tropical diseases that share a similar epidemiological burden and result in chronic infections with high morbidity and mortality.

With the high morbidity associated with infections caused by multidrug - resistant bacteria, I would think that the majors are all investing heavily here as well.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Erika von Mutius, Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany, said: «Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common condition in adults, with high morbidity and mortality.

«I believe surgeons are telling their patients that a contralateral mastectomy won't reduce their risk of recurrence and that it is associated with higher morbidity.

Commenting on the results, Dr Paul Baas, from the Department of Thoracic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, says the combined modality of chemotherapy followed by major surgery and irradiation of high volumes of the chest is one of the accepted treatments in very fit patients, however it is a combination associated with high morbidity.

According to the researchers, given the high morbidity, mortality and health care costs associated with HF, prevention is a public health priority.

Diarrhea is a global disease with the high morbidity and mortality rate in children.

One interesting idea raised in the paper is the proposal that night owls have a higher morbidity rate due to greater exposure to artificial light and, as a result, lower levels of melatonin.

Major problems in high TB disease burden countries are human and environmental factors that contribute to a weakened immune system and can increase susceptibility to Mtb infection, recurrence of latent infection and high morbidity and mortality.

NEC is a serious disease that is particularly prevalent in preterm babies and has high morbidity and mortality rates.

Overcoming the infections that were public health threats (like smallpox, anthrax, diphtheria, and polio) and had high morbidity and mortality rates, naturally became the focus of research.

Leptospirosis is not uncommon in Northern Californian dogs with exposure histories involving livestock and areas frequented by wild mammals, the disease can be fatal or have high morbidity, and also has zoonotic potential.

Canine Leptospira Vaccines Leptospirosis is not uncommon in Northern Californian dogs with exposure histories involving livestock and areas frequented by wild mammals, the disease can be fatal or have high morbidity, and also has zoonotic potential.

It is also very risky with a high morbidity / mortality rate.

In addition, the disease can be fatal or have high morbidity, and also has zoonotic potential.

The VAC protocol may be useful; however it has a higher morbidity rate with no increase in survival time.

Limb - sparing surgery1 may be considered in limited cases, however, the high morbidity rate and limited availability of this technically specialized procedure makes it a less attractive option for most dogs and their owners.

• a later diagnosis compared to non-Indigenous people • a slower uptake of anti-retroviral treatments • less access to experienced physisicans • higher morbidity • shorter survival times • a mortality rate three times higher than non-Indigenous people.

Another important aspect of this disease is the high morbidity and mortality it produces.

Co-morbid depression and anxiety with chronic physical disease is associated with poor self - care behaviours, higher somatic symptom severity, greater functional impairment, increased medical utilisation and costs, and higher morbidity and mortality.