Sentence examples for definite onset from inspiring English sources

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), as defined by the international consensus definition, 1 is a condition characterised by profound fatigue, of definite onset, which has persisted for at least 6 months, and causes substantial disruption to the individual's daily functioning.

Therefore, in most asthma patients, the definite onset of disease is only recognized retrospectively, once the diagnosis is made clear in preschool age while early childhood remains a dark spot in asthma diagnosis as a strong overlap with other forms of infection associated wheeze exist.

The fatigue must be of definite onset, affect both physical and mental functioning, and have been present for more than 50% of the time over the past six months.

The symptom of fatigue must be of new or definite onset (i.e. not lifelong), and produces a substantial reduction in the patient's previous level of occupational, educational, social, or personal activities [ 2].

The most widely used case definition by the Centers for Disease Control CDCC) 1 states that there must be at least 6 months severe fatigue of a new and definite onset, not the result of an ongoing exertion, not alleviated by rest and resulting in reduced levels of physical activity.

The stipulation that the fatigue is "of new or definite onset" (i.e., has not been life long) was intended to exclude subjects with personality or somatization disorders that are characterized by a "lifelong pattern of presentations to medical attention with unexplained symptoms" [ 47].

The trial was a population based study that recruited 564 patients with definite new onset seizures, which included 446 with unprovoked seizures, 83 with acute symptomatic seizures, and 35 with alcohol induced seizures.

The primary aim of this study is to determine the effect of probiotic organisms, ingested daily by VLBW preterm infants (below 1500 g and less than 32 weeks' gestation at birth) from shortly after birth, on the incidence of definite late onset sepsis, diagnosed after 48 hours of age and before term or discharge home, whichever occurs sooner.

IFN β eligibility was broadly adapted [ 19] from the BC government's reimbursement scheme which required patients to have definite relapsing-onset MS and an EDSS score ≤6.5.

One nonrandomized, comparative study of pre-biologic therapies (namely standard DMARDs) compared the effects of delayed and early treatment on disease outcome in 206 patients with probable or definite recent-onset RA as defined by the 1958 and 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, respectively [ 2, 3].

One hundred and nine patients diagnosed with probable or definite RA of recent onset were entered in this study.