Cardiogenic shock occurs when heart and circulation are no longer able to adapt to the situation and is characterized by severely impaired myocardial contractility, increased preload, severely impaired myocardial compliance, increased afterload, and an abnormally and persistently high heart rate.
Severe zinc deficiency is characterized by severely depressed immune function, frequent infections, bullous pustular dermatitis, diarrhea, and alopecia [ 27].
Winter has come to the vast, northernmost reaches of Canada, the sparsely populated area surrounding the Arctic Circle historically characterized by severely cold weather.
In an increasingly immunocompromised population, complicated CL is becoming a more likely outcome, characterized by severely inflamed, destructive lesions that are often refractory to current treatment.
Recently, our laboratory and others demonstrated that mutations in the ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) gene are responsible for Tangier disease, a rare genetic disorder characterized by severely diminished plasma HDL-C concentrations and a predisposition for CHD.
In addition, blood metabolic alterations have been well characterized in severely ill patients.
WSNs are characterized by severely constrained computational and energy resources, and an ad hoc network operational environment.
Newborn screening would also reveal the true incidence of SCID and define the range of conditions characterized by severely impaired T-cell development.
Early-onset asthma in obese presents before the age of 12 years, has no gender preference, and is characterized by severely decreased pulmonary function, significant airway hyperresponsiveness, and poor asthma control.
DC and HHS are characterized by severely short telomeres and impaired cell proliferation.
CS is an autosomal recessive progeroid disorder characterized by severely impaired physical and intellectual development.
