Sentence examples for chronic support from inspiring English sources
A protocol using transthoracic echocardiography was designed to diagnose the common malfunctions of patients on chronic support with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
These include implantable rotary blood pumps, compact cardiopulmonary assist systems, and extracorporeal pulsatile and rotary pumps for acute and chronic support.
The overall aim of our program is to develop a highly reliable, biocompatible VAD for chronic support (6 months) of the unique and high-risk population of children between 3 kg and 15 kg (patients from birth to 2 years of age).
After this initial period, the higher-level clinician's total time requirements will decrease but the relative needs for chronic support, counselling and routine evaluation will be greater.
Gradually declining renal function may have important clinical consequences if LVADs are expected to offer long-term chronic support as DT.
In the absence of a spouse, participants were more reliant upon paid and professional carers and weaker social ties for chronic illness support and social connection leading to greater vulnerability of loss of support.
In Still Alice, Kristen Stewart helps Julianne Moore deal with early onset Alzheimer's, while in Cake, Jennifer Aniston and Anna Kendrick connect as part of a chronic pain support group.
GEORGE PACKER: Luis, one thing that some experts have been saying is that the U.S. and others have to focus on Haiti's government and economy — on building state institutions, providing debt relief, encouraging foreign investment, coordinating a long-term plan for reconstruction — rather than treating Haiti strictly as a patient on chronic life support.
The number of survivors needing chronic respiratory support was, however, more frequent after than before ICU admission.
Our results in chronic GVHD support previous reports of objective responses of skin and visceral GVHD to extracorporeal photopheresis.
This paper proposes a framework for the development of chronic disease support systems and applications as an answer to these shortcomings.
