Sentence examples for it may prolong from inspiring English sources

If the government does not respond, the union said, it may prolong the strike.

The current scientific consensus is that while it may prolong the lives of boys like Lorenzo, it does not really reverse the effects of ALD.

At the same time, it may prolong ongoing viral activity.

"With treatment it may prolong my life longer than the 'few months' doctors said I could make it.

Other women's desire to avoid pain relief such as an epidural stems from the belief that it may prolong labor (developing research suggests that this isn't necessarily the case) or from a more philosophical place.

76 It may prolong the QT interval.

We could recently demonstrate that lactate infusion may be detrimental when used in resuscitation of a severe hemorrhagic shock in rats whereas it even may prolong survival when administered in a more moderate form of hemorrhagic shock [ 6, 7].

Climate change may be intensifying the natural cycle and may prolong it, but it is too early to say for certain, Professor Belcher said.

This led us to assess the health care practitioners' knowledge of the QT interval and medications that may prolong it.

David Crippen The key statement in the scenario under consideration is that '... although mechanical ventilation may prolong life it would not correct the underlying illness'.

On full review you also believe that the patient would not survive ICU admission, and although mechanical ventilation may prolong life it would not correct the underlying illness.