Sentence examples for impaired level from inspiring English sources

Patients were diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia at the discretion of an infectious diseases consultant and the attendant intensivist if they suffered the following: impaired swallowing; were on tracheal or nasogastric tube; impaired level of consciousness preceding the onset of pneumonia; changes seen on chest x-ray compatible with aspiration.

In neurosurgical patients, aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions can be facilitated by leakage around the endotracheal tube cuff, weakness of pharyngeal and coughing reflexes, impaired level of consciousness, and postoperative immobilization [ 7].

The HUI3 single-attribute utility scores (SAUS) are on a scale in which the score for most highly impaired level is 0.00 and the score for normal is 1.00.

Whilst some between group differences may have been influenced by the reasons for presentation to youth mental health services (e.g. DEV-PSY may present because of concerns regarding impaired level of functioning; ANX-DEP may present because of levels of distress), the proposed sub-types were also differentiated on the basis of family history of mental disorders and neuropsychological testing.

These decrements are well documented in the literature with most prospective studies (Klee et al, 2000a, 2000b; Klee and Machin; Greimel et al, 2002; Distefano et al, 2008) supporting a known increase in physical symptoms and impaired level of functioning directly after radiotherapy.

Single-attribute utility scores are also available and range from 0.00 (the most severely impaired level) to 1.00 (no impairment).

In the present study, impaired levels of consciousness, hypotension, hypoxemia, and abnormal heart rate were the strongest predictors of mortality.

This implies that impaired levels of the hormone are not merely the consequence of a reduced number of cells caused by apoptosis.

In contrast, three of the mutants (ΔSTM0341, Δ trpE, and Δ ssrA) that exhibited impaired levels of biofilm formation showed lower levels of calcofluor binding at 25°C, suggesting reduced levels of cellulose production (Table 3).

Pregnant women in both diagnostic groups were from relatively deprived backgrounds, had significantly impaired levels of functioning and had relatively high levels of domestic violence in pregnancy recorded in the clinical record.

None of the participants performed at below-normal (cognitively impaired) levels, as defined by Lezak (1995) and Zachary (2000), on any of these tasks, and thus no participants were excluded from further testing on this basis.