Sentences with phrase «risk for death when»

Infants and children under 2 years old are at risk for death when they sleep in the car.

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(As anyone who has been visiting MomsTEAM's Concussion Safety Center for the past twelve years knows, science and technology have yet to come up with a way to prevent concussions; the most we can realistically hope to do at this point is a better job of identifying concussions when they occur and managing them in such a way as to keep the recovery time to a minimum and to keep kids from returning before their brains have fully healed so as to minimize the risk of serious, long - term effects, or even, in rare cases, death).

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

When infants are not optimally breastfed they are at risk for increased illness such as higher rates of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, allergies, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes and even death.

When the mattress is too soft for your baby, it increases the risk for suffocation (SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

But when you're searching the web for answers about sleep safety - you need to know what the SAFEST sleep options are - those which decrease your baby's risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

This risk is overlooked when considering safe outcomes for birth based on birth site, which is an incredible oversight considering the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» has recently concluded that 9.5 % of all deaths each year in the U.S. stems from a medical error.

When this twin passes away, the other twin is at risk for death or birth defects because of the connecting vessels.

18 deaths in 3 years, that's 6 per year and based on the fact that homebirth rates have been rising in the past 3 years and nearly 30 % of women are opting for homebirth I'd say those stats are pretty good and far better than your risks when walking through the doors of any hospital.

Because they still have poor head control and often experience flexion of the head while in a sitting position, infants younger than 1 month in sitting devices might be at increased risk of upper airway obstruction and oxygen desaturation.128, — , 132 In addition, there is increasing concern about injuries from falls resulting from car seats being placed on elevated surfaces.133, — , 137 An analysis of CPSC data revealed 15 suffocation deaths between 1990 and 1997 resulting from car seats overturning after being placed on a bed, mattress, or couch.136 The CPSC also warns about the suffocation hazard to infants, particularly those who are younger than 4 months, who are carried in infant sling carriers.138 When infant slings are used for carrying, it is important to ensure that the infant's head is up and above the fabric, the face is visible, and that the nose and mouth are clear of obstructions.

After more than a decade (ending in 2011) of working with the Alaska Division of Public Health tracking local SIDS and sleep - related death cases, we were unable to find evidence that co-sleeping increased the risk of death when controlling for other factors.

And some studies suggest co-sleeping puts babies at higher risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), especially when parents drink too much, smoke or fail to make sure the bed is safe.

The risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) becomes greater when a mother smokes or when the baby is around second - hand (or passive) smoke.

The reasons for this disapproval are manifold: that co sleeping increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) due to a parent rolling over on to or otherwise inadvertently smothering the child, that it increases a child's dependence on the parents for falling asleep, that it may interfere with the intimacy of a couple, and that process of separation when the child eventually sleeps apart from the parents may be difficult.

If you look at the death rate when high - risk pregnancies falsely classified as low - risk are included (midwives claim to only attend low - risk births), you've gotten up to 2.0 per thousand deaths and about 40 per thousand permanently injured for a total of 42 per thousand dead or permanently injured.

The truly shocking thing about homebirth is that even when you include malpractice and negligence in the hospital statistics, homebirth STILL has a death rate that is 450 % higher than hospital birth for comparable risk women.

When we compare the death rate at homebirth of 2.06 / 1000 with the CDC death rate for low risk white women, ages 20 - 44, at term, with babies that are not growth restricted of 0.38, we find that homebirth has a death rate 5.5 X higher than hospital birth.

The American of Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends room - sharing without bed - sharing until the first birthday or for at least 6 months, when the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) is highest.

When she compared Daviss and Johnson's home - birth figures with data on hospital births in 2000 from the National Center for Health Statistics, she found that for women with comparable risks, the perinatal death rate was almost three times higher in home births.

Subsequently, by virtue of defining that an adult and infant are unable to safely sleep on the same surface together, such as what occurs during bedsharing, even when all known adverse bedsharing risk factors are absent and safe bedsharing practices involving breastfeeding mothers are followed, an infant that dies while sharing a sleeping surface with his / her mother is labeled a SUID, and not SIDS.26 In this way the infant death statistics increasingly supplement the idea that bedsharing is inherently and always hazardous and lend credence, artificially, to the belief that under no circumstance can a mother, breastfeeding or not, safely care for, or protect her infant if asleep together in a bed.27 The legitimacy of such a sweeping inference is highly problematic, we argue, in light of the fact that when careful and complete examination of death scenes, the results revealed that 99 % of bedsharing deaths could be explained by the presence of at least one and usually multiple independent risk factors for SIDS such as maternal smoking, prone infant sleep, use of alcohol and / or drugs by the bedsharing adults.28 Moreover, this new ideology is especially troubling because it leads to condemnations of bedsharing parents that border on charges of being neglectful and / or abusive.

While you may count on a pillow and warm blanket for a comfy night's sleep, these items can be deadly when placed in your baby's crib as they increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and accidental suffocation.

For each 5 year increase in duration of diabetes, the risks of macrovascular events and all - cause death were increased by 13 % and 15 %, respectively, when accounting for age, or increased by 49 % and 78 %, respectively, when accounting for age at diagnosFor each 5 year increase in duration of diabetes, the risks of macrovascular events and all - cause death were increased by 13 % and 15 %, respectively, when accounting for age, or increased by 49 % and 78 %, respectively, when accounting for age at diagnosfor age, or increased by 49 % and 78 %, respectively, when accounting for age at diagnosfor age at diagnosis.

In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

Long - acting opioids are associated with a significantly increased risk of death when compared with alternative medications for moderate - to - severe chronic pain, according to a Vanderbilt study released today in JAMA.

A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that even those who exercised for fewer than the recommended time (150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week) showed a decrease in risk of death, when compared to those who had little to no physical activity each day.

«Death of partner linked to heightened risk of irregular heartbeat for up to a year later: Risk greatest among under 60s and when loss least expected.&rarisk of irregular heartbeat for up to a year later: Risk greatest among under 60s and when loss least expected.&raRisk greatest among under 60s and when loss least expected.»

«Although we did not find the overall traffic - related fatality rate to predict policy adoption, the size of the population ages 15 to 24 years — the group most at risk for death and injury from impaired driving — was associated with first time policy adoption, suggesting that states might be initially more receptive to regulation when it involves protecting younger populations,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU Steinhardt and NYU College of Global Public Health.

In the study, the risks were adjusted to account for several known factors that could influence the risk of death, including ethnicity; smoking status; intake of alcohol, fruits and vegetables and total calories; family history of chronic diseases; physical activity; body mass index; and heart disease risk factors when participants enrolled.

Writing in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, a research team, led by senior author William S. Kremen, PhD, professor of psychiatry and co-director of the Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging at UC San Diego School of Medicine, found that major adverse events in life, such as divorce, separation, miscarriage or death of a family member or friend, can measurably accelerate aging in the brains of older men, even when controlling for such factors as cardiovascular risk, alcohol consumption, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, which are all associated with aging risk.

«The brains of people with anorexia nervosa who have poor insight may not generate an «error message» when told, for example, that they are putting themselves at serious risk for death by severe restricting,» said Dr. Alex Leow, associate professor of psychiatry and bioengineering in the UIC College of Medicine and corresponding author on the paper.

For example, when a baby is breech (bottom first), the risk of injury and death during childbirth is much higher than if it were positioned head first.

When the chemical environment of the heart is abnormal, the heart is at risk for arrhythmias, which can cause heart palpitations, fainting, and even death.

Researchers found that 37 weeks seems to be the sweet spot for twins with two placentas (the most common twin pregnancy); the risk of newborn death (defined as death up to four weeks after delivery) and stillbirth was roughly even until 37 weeks, which is when the risks of pregnancy start to outweigh the benefits and a mother should consider delivering.

Future research should focus on new ways to detect which children are most at risk for sudden death when taking stimulants, says Gould, since not all cases seem to be detectable with routine screenings.

Government researchers halted part of a 2008 study when patients with type 2 diabetes and a high risk of heart attack and stroke were found to have a higher risk of death when they tried to achieve a hemoglobin A1C of less than 6 % compared with those who aimed for less than 8 %.

After her death, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pointed out that risks rise when a topical anesthetic is left on the skin for extended periods of time or applied to broad portions of the body, especially if a bandage, plastic, or another type of dressing is used as a covering.

Metabolic syndrome refers to a group of risk factors that, when present, increase your risk for developing heart disease, and as a result, increase the risk of heart attack, heart damage, and death.

What we have learned is that when you substitute polyunsaturated fats for saturated fats, we encounter a 27 % reduction in total death risk.2

Issues for discussion can include: the development of the specification and the tender process; the separation of the refurbishment area from the remainder of the school; the use of low voltage / battery pack hand tools; COSHH assessments and why they are required when using hazardous substances; hazard spotting and the need for good housekeeping; safeguarding and use of mobile phones on site; working at height as the largest cause of workplace accidental death; noise and the potential for hearing loss, methods of communication; and any other relevant hazard and risk control.

FMCSA's imminent hazard out - of - service order to Industrial Transit states that the company's ``... complete and utter lack of compliance with operation of (federal safety regulations)... substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death for its drivers and the motoring public... this risk is heightened further when Industrial Transit transports [hazardous materials].»

The effect of the changing vehicle mix and changing risks for occupants in struck vehicles is apparent in the fact that 70 percent of driver deaths in passenger vehicles struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the striking vehicle was another car.

Though available to all contract owners, the Global Atlantic Portfolios are also ten of eleven managed risk investment options qualifying as choices for optional living and death benefits, when applicable.

a feature of certain debt instruments that allow for the estate of a deceased investor to «put back» or redeem that instrument without penalty; bonds that carry a survivor's option usually redeem for par value when the survivor's option is exercised; in either case the benefit of the survivor's option can not be realized unless the original investor in the asset has died; because investor mortality risk must be taken into account when underwriting assets that carry a survivor's option, these assets are more complex and expensive to issue; also known as a «death put»

The Easy Pay Solutions policy has a small maximum death benefit, but will be less expensive because Transamerica is able to reduce its risk when you accept a limited payout for the first 2 years of coverage.

They have provided funding at the most critical times for us, especially this past winter when South Carolina saw record low temperature and animals were at risk of freezing to death in the shelter.

When it gets it right this is a mad platformer that rewards risk and has some great concepts, but it falls into the realms of unfair and frustrating deaths too often for its own good.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

A recent study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that of the 164,000 who perished when the thermometer dropped or climbed to catastrophic levels, in the last 20 years, 148,000 died during heatwaves, and 90 % of these deaths were in Europe.

When hospitals do not fulfill these responsibilities, they put patients at risk for serious infections, injuries and wrongful death.

Unfortunately, when a driver performs an unsafe lane change, they put everyone sharing the road with them at extreme risk for serious personal injuries or death.