In our three hypothetical patients, Patient A has in fact the most severe form of acute critical illness and worst short-term prognosis.
FGM is a horrendous practice; the most severe form involves cutting off a girl's clitoris and labia and suturing the remaining tissue together, leaving a small hole for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
"It's a treatment for the most severe form of depression," Dr. Kellner said.
It showed that 6% of children and young people in Britain had a conduct disorder, the most severe form of behavioural problems describes Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health, a research charity that is part of this year's Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal.
Regardless of whether the allergen is injected or ingested, if it ends up in the bloodstream, it can induce anaphylaxis, a syndrome that in its most severe form is characterized by a profound and prolonged drop in blood pressure accompanied by difficulty in breathing.
These results suggest that being a woman is a protective factor against the most severe form and spread of the disease, in addition to contributing to its mildest manifestation with susceptibility to the TT form.
A transgenic mouse considered to be a close model of Type 1 SMA, the most severe form, contains a homozygous deletion of the murine SMN1 gene and carries 2 copies of a human SMN2 transgene [11].
Dear Editor, Mevalonic aciduria (MA, OMIM #610377), a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations affecting an enzyme of the cholesterol pathway, represents the most severe form of a periodic fever called mevalonate kinase deficiency.
Others suffer prolonged, obstructed labours because of the almost universal practice of female genital mutilation, performed here in its most severe form: a tiny hole left for urination and menstruation.
This is often described as a flexion teardrop fracture, the most severe form of hyperflexion injury with fracture-dislocation of the involved motion segment (Fig. 8).
