"chances of mortality" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It refers to the probability or likelihood of death. Example: The elderly have higher chances of mortality compared to younger individuals.
Immunity is believed to be a major factor in regulating host survival, as under natural conditions, even a mild parasitic infection may weaken an animal sufficiently to increase the chances of mortality through starvation or predation [1].
In cases where chances of mortality are extremely high, ECMO is certainly an appealing option [ 63].
They particularly wanted consumers to be provided with understandable data about overdiagnosis, including readily comparable information on chances of mortality benefit versus overdiagnosis.
Iapichino and colleagues [ 31] has shown that ward admissions do increase the chances of mortality (but no effect from emergency admissions), which may correlate with HRQoL scores, but otherwise the impact that source of admission has on HRQoL is unknown.
In a case like this, the chance of mortality increases 1percentto2percentcent with every passing hour.
Although it is generally known that mortality is quite low following total joint replacement, studies have found that the presence of comorbidities can increase the chance of mortality [14, 15].
This is done in an attempt to diagnose cancer at its early stages so that preventative measures can be taken, and the chance of mortality from the disease is lowered.
It is plausible that a patient who develops hyperchloremia in the ICU after large volume resuscitation in the operating theater or emergency room will have a higher chance of mortality than a patient that is normochloremic without the need for a comparable resuscitation effort.
If the physician tells them their loved one has a 90% chance of mortality, what they hear is that their loved one has a 10% chance of survival.
A score that may indicate the chance of mortality shortly after admission can be useful to become aware of the severity of trauma and may influence further therapeutic decisions [ 4].
Through a univariate analysis, we found that patients with a SAPS-II score >40 have a higher chance of mortality when compared with patients with a SAPS-II score ≤ 40 (p = 0.014).
