Sentence examples for a marker of severity from inspiring English sources

[7] If diarrhoea is a marker of severity, those with diarrhoea and more severe infection (or greater viral load) may be more likely to transmit to household contacts.

We analyzed the time-course of LBP serum levels in patients with severe sepsis to investigate the hypothesis that serial serum levels of LBP could be used as a marker of severity and outcome in patients with severe sepsis.

Using interference with daily activities as a marker of severity, allergic rhinitis appeared to be more severe than nonallergic rhinitis (Table 1).

Although diaphragm dysfunction did not systematically impair weaning outcome, it may behave as a marker of severity and poor prognosis.

Intriguingly, there is a lack of data reporting SI as a marker of severity in the intensive care unit.

Hypercapnia is considered as a marker of severity and has been associated with a higher risk of intubation [14].

Whether failure of discontinuation of RRT is just a marker of severity of disease or is harmful by itself remains questioned [38].

We hypothesized that this microvascular reactivity would be impaired in patients with circulatory shock and would be a marker of severity.

Hyperchloremia could be a mere reflection of the amount of resuscitation fluids, itself being a marker of severity of shock and/or fluid overload and thus mortality.

In the present study, we chose to analyze the use of organ supports as a marker of treatment intensity and not as a marker of severity.

Whether thrombocytopenia was directly involved in bleeding through the nadir platelet count or indirectly as a marker of severity remains unclear.