Sentences with phrase «severe morbidity»

3Kang et al., H3N2 Canine Influenza Virus Causes Severe Morbidity in Dogs with Induction of Genes Related to Inflammation and Apoptosis, Veterinary Research 2013,44:92.

We are all familiar with the potential for canine parvovirus (CPV) to cause severe morbidity and mortality.

* Overall severe morbidity and mortality defined as one or more of the following: death, postpartum bleeding, genital tract injury; wound disruption, wound infection, or both; systemic infection.

Are we meant to assume that a lower rate of a subset of severe morbidities correlates with lower mortality?

A previous study in the south west of England found little consistency in the criteria used for screening women who want a home birth.5 The current study quantifies an overall estimate of risk and identifies clear risk factors for severe morbidity on which to base informed counselling of women who want to consider home birth.

Anaemia may be a predictor as taking iron supplements at booking increased the risk of severe morbidity fivefold overall.

In contrast, hospital based care may exacerbate maternal risk because of the widespread increase in rates of emergency caesarean section, a factor associated with a fourfold increase in risk of severe morbidity within this study.

However, this conclusion must be tempered by the lack of data on rare serious outcomes, such as severe morbidity and mortality.

Future research should also attempt to establish whether or not these results also apply to more life - threatening categories of PPH (e.g. > 1,500 ml of blood lost), and whether the lower incidence of PPH among planned home births translates to fewer cases of PPH - related severe morbidity.

Compared with 1997 (the first EPIPAGE study), the proportion of infants surviving without severe morbidity has increased by 14 % for infants born between the 25th and 29th weeks and by 6 % for infants born between 30 and 31 weeks» gestation,» explains Pierre - Yves Ancel, leader of the Inserm Obstetrical, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology Team behind the study.

Children with vitamin A deficiency are often deficient in multiple micronutrients and are likely to be anemic, have impaired growth, and be at increased risk of severe morbidity from common childhood infections such as diarrheal diseases and measles.

The prevention of severe early infections is also important in order to reduce the incidence of life - threatening pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which can lead to severe untreatable chronic disease in adulthood, in addition to immediate severe morbidity associated with the infection itself [16, 18, 19].

Comparing rates of severe morbidity is typically used as a marker instead, it isn't something uncommon or underhanded at all.

This study, a cohort study of severe morbidity and mortality of term fetuses or neonates, called ATNICID (Admission of Term Neonates to Intensive Care or Intrauterine Death), was begun in 2007 with the express intent of examining the relationship between the organization of the Dutch maternity care system and the high rate of perinatal mortality.

The new study, Perinatal mortality and severe morbidity in low and high risk term pregnancies in the Netherlands: prospective cohort study, appears in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal.

Unfortunately for her, the subsequent study, Perinatal mortality and severe morbidity in low and high risk term pregnancies in the Netherlands: prospective cohort study, was a stunning indictment of Dutch midwives, demonstrating that Dutch midwives caring for low risk women (home and hospital) had a higher mortality rate than Dutch obstetricians.

The high overall rate of severe morbidity and the predictors identified have important implications for the debate on place of birth.

Dr. Lumbiganon and associates maintain that «the most important finding of the survey is the increased risk of maternal mortality and severe morbidity... in women who undergo caesarean section with no indication.»

Several homebirth supporters wanted peer - reviewed literature: Here it is: Perinatal mortality and severe morbidity in low and high risk term pregnancies in the Netherlands: prospective cohort study.