Sentence examples for infection refusal from inspiring English sources

The indications for CS in the AGA newborns were: intra-hepatic colestasis in a woman who had undergone a previous CS; premature rupture of membranes with breech presentation and delivery within 4 hr with no signs of infection; refusal of vaginal delivery for psychological reasons; and elective CS because of a previous CS.

Particularly relevant for the analysis of bias in HIV-prevalence estimates is the association between the likelihood of infection and refusal: consent for testing and post-test counseling (consent level A) drops from over 83% in patients with the lowest likelihood of infection to just under 70% among those with the highest likelihood of infection.

The exclusion criteria were also contraindications for epidural anesthesia, that is, patient refusal, local infection, bleeding diathesis.

Exclusion was mainly due to pre-existing HIV-infection (n = 100), refusal of HIV testing (n = 11), pregnancy (n = 20) and declining a gynaecological examination (n = 10).

In comparison, relatively little is known about the relationship between refusal and HIV infection in nationally representative surveys [ 2, 3, 5, 10].

However, the possible side effects of this standard therapy, including myelosuppression, infection, and thrombosis, can lead refusal of the therapy by the patients [ 4, 5].

Exclusion criteria include a history of smoking, active infection, autoimmune disease or inability or refusal to provide consent.

The assay relied on non-invasive saliva samples to estimate incidence of infection in large numbers of participants (low refusal rate).

A more thorough understanding of the factors underlying HIV test refusal is critical as test refusers may in fact be at a higher risk of HIV infection than those who accept [ 14, 15].

Of these, 7 did not complete the study because of infections with fever (n = 2) or refusal to take the study capsules regularly (n = 5).

Several small-scale studies in STD and antenatal clinics have concluded that refusals are positively associated with HIV infection [ 11- 19].