Due in part to the aging of the US population, the number of individuals with multiple concurrent chronic diseases has increased significantly during the past several decades.
13, 17, 18 We examined the clinical correlates of multiple comorbid conditions, evaluated whether the presence of multiple concurrent chronic diseases influences hospital and posthospital admission mortality in patients hospitalized with AMI, and determined whether the prognosis associated with these chronic conditions has changed during the years under study.
Concurrent diseases, multiple pathologies and multimorbidity patterns are topics of increased interest as the world's population ages [ 1].
Concurrent diseases, multiple pathologies and multimorbidity patterns are topics of increased interest as the world's population ages.
These data underline that in progressive multiple sclerosis patients, neurodegeneration may progress due to age-related concurrent diseases, even when multiple sclerosis related inflammation and axonal injury have ceased.
Our findings highlight the need for additional contemporary data to help guide the monitoring and treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease and multiple concurrent medical illnesses, as well as the importance of skilled and coordinated cardiovascular care for these high-risk patients.
In our investigation, the finding of Streptococcus pneumoniae 16S rDNA sequence microheterogeneity in the pleural fluid of a patient with culture-negative empyema suggests that some cases of pneumococcal disease, and perhaps other bacterial disease, may be caused by multiple concurrent strains of the same species.
In a generalized HIV epidemic where multiple concurrent sexual partners are a significant problem for transmitting the disease, risk-reduction methods and discussion should be a main focus of pre-test and post-test counselling.
Diseased individuals possessed an increased load of deleteriousness from multiple concurrent rare and common coding variants.
Maybe Joyce's multiple concurrent layers of meaning and rejection of linearity need hypertext and online reading habits to open them up to a wider audience.
