Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the second most common nosocomial infection, occurring in 0.5%–2% of general hospital admissions 1, 2 and in 15%20%% of patients in intensive care units, 3 likely because of the prevalent use of mechanical ventilation.
However, in contemporary low-energy buildings, the embodied energy is proportionally higher because of the prevalent use of energy-intensive materials.
Because of the prevalent use of such scores in important matters, obtaining accurate publication-citation records can be an endeavor with far-reaching implications.
Documentation of the prevalent use of CM in UC psychotherapy for children with DBPs has important implications, and informs our understanding of potential barriers to the implementation of EBPs in community settings.
In addition, the time trend was also significant, reflecting a decreasing trend in non-unions after withdrawal of specific COX-2 inhibitors compared to the period of their prevalent use (p < 0.001) (Table 2).
In fact, never before in history has any device of comparative prevalent use been associated with such high exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
You write about the idea of prevalence — that there is more prevalent use of drugs because doctors are diagnosing more diseases and conditions, and therefore treating them.
Linking these concepts to the hydrothermal processing of biomass has shown some of the reasons why the prevalent use of closed ('batch') reactors has hampered the identification of reaction sequences and the investigation of process kinetics.
The presence of hypertension, smoking status, and prevalent use of glucocorticoids, DMARDs (including subgroups of tumor necrosis factor [TNF] inhibitors and methotrexate users), COX-2 inhibitors, or NSAIDs was not significantly associated with NT-proBNP levels (data not shown).
Hospitals are well known hot spots for the acquisition, amplification, and dissemination of resistance genes because of the steady supply of strong selective pressure through the prevalent use of antibiotic therapy.
