Sentence examples for a persistent drain of from inspiring English sources

The allure of living in the affluent West is another source of competition -- and a persistent drain of Philippine talent.

In addition to the flood, the city's economy has been weakened by a sustained agricultural recession, the recent closing of a local missile base and a persistent "brain drain" of younger, educated people.

A persistent theme of "Drama" is deception.

Unfortunately, however, uncertainty is a persistent reality of this world.

I am a persistent feeling of emptiness.

Agitated bubble saline contrast injected through the left antecubital vein can indicate the presence of a persistent left SVC (LSVC) draining to the CS [4].

It really shows a drain of values.

An azygos continuation may explain why a persistent right umbilical vein drained to the superior vena cava as the cardinal end of the azygos vein and together with parts of the right precardinal vein forms the upper part of the superior vena cava.

By definition, a persistent pneumothorax constitutes ongoing bubbling of air from an in situ chest drain, 48 h after its insertion.

Endotherapy failure was defined as persistent biliary drainage through the percutaneous drain or as a persistent bile leak at follow-up ERCP.

Open image in new window Fig. 4 A 17-year-old male with absent right SVC and persistent LSVC draining into the CS. a Axial and b short-axis cine balanced SSFP images and c coronal maximum intensity projection image from thoracic MR angiography demonstrating a persistent LSVC (a, c, arrow) draining into the right atrium (b, RA) via the CS (b).