Bhandari, N., Bahl, R., Taneja, S., Strand, T., Molbak, K., Ulvik, R. J., Sommerfelt, H., and Bhan, M. K. Substantial reduction in severe diarrheal
morbidity by daily zinc supplementation in young north Indian children.
The CDC estimates that thanks to vaccines, we have reduced
morbidity by 99 percent or more for smallpox, diphtheria, measles, polio, and rubella.
Maternal and newborn
morbidity by birth facility among selected United States 2006 low - risk births.
If you don't like comparisons with
morbidity by disease, how about the ~ 16,000 homicides in the US — more than * all * global terrorism.
Not exact matches
Oregon's bill, which also passed easily this month, creates a review committee that will start
by focusing on maternal deaths;
by 2021, it will also begin looking at severe maternal
morbidity.
The song combines food puns («Rise up Fruit Loop lovers, sing out Sweet and Low») with funeral iconography («With spoons held high, we bid our brother Cheerio») to strike a nice, healthy, balanced tone of swashbuckling humor and oh -
by - the - way - our - friend - is - dead - forever
morbidity.
The ideal of what was called a «compression of
morbidity,» that of a long life in good health followed
by a quick death, seemed a fanciful and unlikely outcome of medical progress.
Their
morbidity against God does dare challenge the Godly ideals and sanctioned governing of tenured moralisms so deemed
by religious fevers fervently considered.
MCl's mission statement links their work directly with Evangelium Vitae
by «improving the lives and health of mothers and babies both born and unborn, through new initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion worldwide and maternal and perinatal mortality,
morbidity in developingcountries.»
When considering not just death but also
morbidity, much
morbidity is caused
by hospital induction of low risk women.
Summary: The deaths caused
by rare acute condition at planned attended low risk homebirth that might have had a better outcome in hospital are outweighed
by the deaths and
morbidity due to common acute conditions caused
by hospital interventions.
That's because low rates of perinatal mortality have been achieved, in part,
by exchanging mortality for
morbidity.
Since 1998 - 1999, severe maternal
morbidity has increased
by 75 % related to delivery and 114 % for postpartum events and «based on current trends, this burden is expected to increase.»
Is that
by definition maternal
morbidity?
* If *
morbidity is lower in the homebirth group because more of those ill women died, and were thus removed from the sample, the apparent rate of «severe adverse maternal» outcomes has been artificially deflated in the homebirth group —
by an unknown amount — and therefore is evidence of pretty much nothing.
I understand Tuteor implied this here
by 1) saying that the study was wrong to count when who survived
morbidity instead of women who experienced
morbidity and 2) making a graph with the number of dead women being comparable to the number of sick women....
Main outcome measure A composite primary outcome of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal
morbidities (stillbirth after start of care in labour, early neonatal death, neonatal encephalopathy, meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, fractured humerus, or fractured clavicle) was used to compare outcomes
by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour (at home, freestanding midwifery units, alongside midwifery units, and obstetric units).
So how much of the increased mortality and
morbidity is actually caused
by the sections themselves, and how much is caused
by the US having higher obesity, higher multiples, older mothers, and so on?
The definition of «acute maternal
morbidity» given
by another poster really seemed to me to be the sort of thing where there would be lots more
morbidity than death.
I would
by no means consider it a
morbidity to me.
They were noted, recorded and were probably discussed at length
by a huge team of people at
morbidity / mortality meetings.
The health crisis brought about
by the devastation increases the
morbidity and mortality rate exponentially.
Respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections are the leading cause of
morbidity in children.1, 2 Prospective cohort studies in industrialized countries revealed a prevalence of 3.4 % to 32.1 % for respiratory tract infectious diseases and 1.2 % to 26.3 % for gastrointestinal infectious diseases in infancy.3, — , 8 The risks of these infectious diseases are affected
by several factors including birth weight, gestational age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, number of siblings, day care attendance, and parental smoking.3, 5,6,8, — , 20
Studies have shown that it was only in the late 1980s that infant and maternal mortality and
morbidity rates dropped back to numbers close to those which existed in the 1800s!!!! YES — when babies were born a home, on farms to fit, healthy, well nourished mothers, supported
by extended family networks, co-slept (because there generally weren't enough rooms on the farm for everyone!)
However, this conclusion must be tempered
by the lack of data on rare serious outcomes, such as severe
morbidity and mortality.
The data also show that early term babies delivered
by cesarean section were at a higher risk —
by 12.2 percent — for admission to the NICU compared with full - term babies and at 7.5 percent higher risk for
morbidity compared with term births.
Interventions such as exclusive breastfeeding (which prevents diarrhea), continuation of breastfeeding until 24 months of age, and improved complementary feeding (
by way of improved nutrition), along with improved sanitation, are expected to affect mortality and
morbidity simultaneously.
«Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 mo of life followed
by optimal complementary feeding are critical public health measures for reducing and preventing
morbidity and mortality in young children.»
Studies indicate that breastfed infants have fewer ear and respiratory tract infections, diarrheal illnesses, and atopic skin disorders.2, 3 Increased mother — infant bonding and an overall decrease in the infant
morbidity and hospitalization rates have also been reported.4 Mothers benefit
by faster return to prepregnancy weights.5
Morbidity The risk of having one or more episodes of gastrointestinal infection between four to six months of age was statistically significantly reduced
by 59 % in infants exclusively breastfed until six to seven months relative to infants who were not (RR 0.41, 95 % CI [0.21 to 0.78], p = 0.0068; 1 study / 193 infants).
Summary: These guiding principles were prepared to help prevent increased
morbidity and mortality among infants and young children affected
by an emergency...
Studies in developing countries demonstrate that continued, frequent breastfeeding is associated with greater linear growth and further protects child health
by delaying maternal fertility postpartum and reducing the child's risk of
morbidity and mortality.
Morbidity and mortality The reported risk of food allergy at 12 months of age was statistically significantly reduced among exclusively breastfed infants relative to mixed breastfed infants
by 81 % (RR 0.19, 95 % CI [0.08 to 0.48], p = 0.00036; 1 study / 135 infants); however, when double - challenged with food in the same study, the effect size was reduced and became non-significant (RR 0.77, 95 % CI [0.25 to 2.41], p = 0.66).
In addition, an increasing number of prior cesareans is associated with the
morbidity of placental previa: after three cesarean deliveries, the risk that a placenta previa will be complicated
by placenta accreta is nearly 40 % (8).
And
by adverse outcome, I mean
morbidity and mortality.
I thought this couldn't be so, if only because I was seeing the negative outcomes on a regular basis, and I knew our own hospital mortality /
morbidity stats were terrific
by comparison.
Regarding a botched procedure — what I mean
by that is weighing
morbidity and mortality.
A study of infants in England indicated that supine sleeping is not associated with an increase in significant
morbidity outcomes, and the risk of respiratory problems was reduced compared with that of prone sleepers.17 In Asian countries, aspiration is not a problem despite the traditional practice of placing newborns to sleep in the supine position.18 The review
by Malloy19 of US vital statistics mortality files for the years 1991 to 1996 showed no significant increase in the proportion of postneonatal mortality rate associated with aspiration, asphyxia, or respiratory failure.
What we now know from Unnatural Causes: «When the Bough Breaks» is that the stress hormones in pregnant women of color caused
by the stress of daily engagements with racism may contribute to more complicated pregnancies and births, including prematurity and increased mortality and
morbidity.
Recommendations made
by the ACIP are reviewed
by the CDC Director and, if adopted, are published as official CDC / HHS recommendations in the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
International Baby Food Action Network IBFAN works globally to reduce infant and young child
morbidity and mortality
by the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.
«A Dutch study of more than 500,000 women reported that planning a home birth does not increase the risks of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal
morbidity among low risk women provided they were supported
by well trained midwives and a good transportation and referral system» (quote article 24).
A validation of 100 hospital admissions was conducted
by checking parent report against the hospital case notes and
morbidity coding, indicating that parental recall was 99 % valid.
We aimed to document the association of duration of predominant feeding and duration of any breast feeding with respiratory illness and infection
morbidity as measured
by doctor, hospital, or clinic visits and hospital admissions in the first year of life.
Mrs. Alarbi said studies showed that for babies born to HIV - infected mothers, the use of niverapine drug combined with baby formulas to prevent mother - to - child transmission, could reduce child mortality to only two per cent of under - five mortality and
morbidity while the use of insecticide - treated bed nets could reduce it
by six per cent.
The majority of the literature has been researched from the perspective of public health, focusing on the mortality or
morbidity brought about
by smoking cigarettes.
«Primarily because of grand corruption under successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999, millions of Nigerians continue to live in extreme poverty, a condition manifested
by the lack of clean water, malnutrition, high rates of child mortality and
morbidity, low life expectancy, illiteracy, perception of hopelessness and social exclusion.»
It is amazing that it is this same Tinubu, driven
by an unchecked ambition with high value
morbidity, who is relentlessly trying to destroy their legacy, and the legacy of the greatest Yorùbá man since Odùduwà, Obafemi Awolowo,
by letting loose his hungry goons like Sam Omatseye, on the heroes of the Yorùbá Nation.
«Piezosurgery may be a viable alternative to traditional osteotomy [bone - cutting] technique, as it reduces the degree of inflammation, pain, swelling, and
morbidity, improving satisfaction and patient comfort,» according to the report
by Dr. Gilberto Sammartino of University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and colleagues.
«The level of psychosocial
morbidity and suicidality associated with BPD is as great, or greater, than that experienced
by patients with bipolar disorder,» said Zimmerman, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital and director of the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project.