Infection can cause meningitis, sepsis or pneumonia, leading to brain damage or death.
But West Nile can cause flulike symptoms and, in rare cases, permanent neurological damage or death.
By ensuring I arrived at hospital conscious, I have no doubt they saved me from brain damage or death.
In remote areas, an ambulance may come too late, after oxygen deprivation has caused brain damage or death.
But if not, they become comatose and suffer a cascading series of cellular-level injuries to the brain, which frequently lead to permanent brain damage or death.
The disease can also be especially dangerous for babies and may cause feeding or breathing difficulties, pneumonia, brain damage or death.
The consent form states that the health department advises against the procedure because of the possibility of herpes transmission, which may cause brain damage or death.
In fact, if one calls 911 and does nothing else, the several minutes wait for emergency medical personnel could result in the child's brain damage or death.
Using general anesthesia on healthy children has risks, including vomiting and nausea, and, in very rare cases, brain damage or death.
The image of the pink index card was coming back to me in the room off the reception area: "Tissue anoxia for > 4 to 6 min. can result in irreversible brain damage or death".
A spokesman for the E.P.A., Larry Jackson, said the agency acted because data provided by DuPont showed that at least three types of evergreens — balsam fir, Norway spruce and white pine trees — were susceptible to damage or death from Imprelis.
