OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q Do deliberate self - harm patients have a greater
risk of death when compared with the general population?
A pedestrian faces a 10 percent
risk of death when hit by a vehicle that is traveling at just 23 mph, a 25 percent risk at a speed of 32 mph, a 50 percent risk of death at 42 mph, a 75 percent risk at 50 mph and a 90 percent risk when a vehicle strikes at 58 mph.
Younger animals with less developed immune systems are at a much higher
risk of death when contracting leptospirosis.
Skinny thighs in the past were a serious liability, serving only to increase
the risk of death when food supplies became scarce.
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 %.
«Opioids increase
risk of death when compared to other pain treatments.»
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.
The analysis found that statins were more likely to reduce
the risk of death when LDL cholesterol levels were 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg / dl) or greater, whether or not they were used with other LDL - lowering drugs.
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.
Not exact matches
One reason workers are willing to take on risky jobs is because they are paid a compensating wage differential
when the
risk of death is high.
One 20 - year study
of workplace environments found that those cultures that lacked supportive relationships increased the
risk of mortality by 240 percent, which makes sense
when you consider that chronic stress is a leading contributor to premature
death.
It is deeply unjust to use religion to legitimate your own authority, an authority which extends to commanding others to kill or
risk death, and then,
when it suits you, limit appeals to that source
of authority from which you sought recognition and blessing.
(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 we have another baby — my
risk of DEATH on the operating table is increased again if I chose a c - section.
When considering not just
death but also morbidity, much morbidity is caused by hospital induction
of low
risk women.
Especially
when you consider that pretty much every one
of the co-sleeping
deaths is easily attributable to parents» intoxication or other known
risk factors, co-sleeping comes in as statistically pretty darned safe.
Specifically, they should be informed that although the absolute
risk may be low, planned home birth is associated with a twofold to threefold increased
risk of neonatal
death when compared with planned hospital birth» (ACOG, 2011).
This woman had the courage to accept that her decision to refuse induction resulted in the
death of her baby, and she made a point
of countering the «babies know
when to be born / some babies just bake longer / babies aren't library books» with «My son died because he was postdates and I didn't understand the
risks.»
Homebirth increases the
risk of perinatal
death and brain damage even
when, at the start
of labor, breech, twins, VBAC.
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.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
When it comes to the potential
risk of Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome from a mother sharing her bed with her baby, there is a push to change the message from «just don't do it» to «here is how it's done most safely...» (Read More)
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.
A baby's
risk of death from being placed in an unsafe sleeping position or location is higher
when they're under the care
of a baby sitter, relative or friend, a new study found.
When a baby is in the beginning stages
of life, it's important to keep him or her from becoming overheated or overly chilled to avoid an increased
risk of Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome (SIDS), according to the American Academy
of Pediatrics.
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).
You would want to be cautious to avoid
risks to
of SIDS (sudden infant
death syndrome)
when keeping your young one asleep.
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.
When will we see Ina May Gaskin acknowledge that homebirth increases the
risk of perinatal
death?
However, the American Academy
of Pediatrics revised its safe sleep recommendations in October 2016, which clearly outline instances that have been shown to increase the
risk of SIDS, unintentional
death, or injury
when sharing a bed with an infant or small child.
How can you tout the safety
of homebirth
when the statistics from your own state show that homebirth increases the
risk of neonatal
death?
How can you trust that homebirth is safe
when the most comprehensive study ever done
of homebirth (and analyzed by a midwife) found that PLANNED homebirth with a LICENSED midwife has a
death rate approximately 800 % higher than comparable
risk hospital birth, and even MANA can't figure out how to criticize it?
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.
When midwives are obliged to provide prospective homebirth parents with informed consent and to tell them that their choice increases the
risk of death and / or disability to their child.
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.
Although it appears that the preventable newborn
deaths at home and hospital birth balance out, homebirth is clearly safer
when you take into consideration the
risk of maternal
death that 20 %
of low
risk U.S. women face as a result
of avoidable cesareans which became necessary because they went to hospital.
High
risk births such as premature, breech and twins ARE at high
risk of perinatal
death and overall have superior outcomes
when delivered in hospital.
When this 20 %
risk of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate
of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome if it happened in hospital, this means that a low
risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance
of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her fetus / newborns life at planned hospital birth, than if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.
In this way there is reduced the
risk of the infant
death syndrome called cot
death or SIDS that can happen because
of the accidental suffocation
when parents...
Swaddling also helps to reduce the
risk of cot
death and can be comforting
when babies wake up suddenly in the night;
when they realise that they are safe and comfortable, they will usually nod back off without waking the other baby up.
I think parents overestimate certain
risks, such as the idea
of this subway trip, and underestimate others, such as the idea that your kids are safer being constantly chauffeured around in your car,
when vehicular accidents are the leading cause
of child
death!
The
risk of death due to diarrhea and other infections increases
when babies are either partially breastfed or not breastfed at all.
The increase in
risk remained high even
when overlying
deaths were discounted (32 times higher) or the estimate
of rates
of bedsharing among living infants doubled (20 times higher).
Why is the
risk of death (even though it may be small if done correctly, it is MUCH greater than crib sleeping) acceptable
when a completely safe alternative exists?
A firm mattress is key
when it comes to bed - sharing with kids younger than 1 year old due to reduce the
risk of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS).
To reduce the
risk of Sudden Baby
Death Syndrome (SIDS), your baby should be placed on her back
when it's time to sleep.
This monitor is very useful in the first six months
when there is a
risk of sleep related
deaths.
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.
It is however a little misleading to promote the relative
risks,
when the absolute
risk of neonatal
death is low in both cases.
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.