Sentence examples for morbidity which affects from inspiring English sources

After radiotherapy for a tumour in the pelvis, half of all patients develop gastrointestinal morbidity, which affects their QOL.

That is a large and important effect on health, and although PCD does not usually manifest in an increased mortality, there is clearly a moderate degree of morbidity which affects normal physical functioning (although there seems relatively little effect on social and emotional functioning beyond the normal effects of ageing).

In this study, the occurrence of lymphedema was responsible for arm morbidity, which affected the arm dimension of QoL.

Excluded criteria are: 1) patients with diseases affecting the lung function or unable to complete spirometry test; 2) patients with co-morbidities which affect the pharmacological therapy of COPD or asthma; 3) unable to provide an intact medical history for at least 6 months.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States, which affects over 1.7 million Americans each year [ 1].

Nonetheless, it is well known that physician behaviour depends to a great extent on the complexity and morbidity of the patient population, which affects variations in the pattern of health care services provided [ 17, 21- 24].

Several studies indicated that the cut-off point of non-adherence should be 80% of perfect adherence (20% difference from perfect adherence), which affects the morbidity and mortality in several diseases [ 22– 22].

The most serious morbidity in CDH is respiratory insufficiency, which affects both lungs and results from a combination of alveolar hypoplasia and pulmonary vascular hypertension (Stolar, 1996; Dillon et al., 2004).

Nutritional screening and nutritional support have an important role to prevent malnutrition, which affects the prognosis and increases the morbidity and mortality of patients.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous autoimmune disease which affects multiple organ systems and causes significant morbidity and mortality [ 1].

Allergic rhinitis (AR), which affects approximately 20% of the population in industrialized countries, is associated with substantial morbidity, primarily in the context of reduced quality of life and productivity.