Centuries of colonial rule left behind a potent mix of Catholicism along with American-style fixation with celebrity, and a few generations of disappointing self-rule have failed to satisfy a persistent need for a saviour.Christian piety is not in much greater or lesser evidence in the Philippines than in many other countries.
There is a persistent need for high resolution photographic images of the sea floor and associated biota for marine habitat classification and fisheries stock assessment.
Although a consensus definition is lacking, DGE with persistent need for nasogastric intubation occurs in 20-50% of patients, most often in the elderly, and may worsen the nutritional state and prolong hospitalisation.
Impediments to weaning trials were different according to the time lag since ICU admission, with fluid overload, muscular weakness and persistent need for assist control ventilation settings being the most frequent reasons advocated after 7 days (figure).
Regression analysis of all pretreatment factors indicated vocal cord fixation as being the strongest predictor of a poor functional outcome (defined as the persistent need for a feeding tube and/or tracheostomy at 6 months after therapy).
After the early postsurgical hospitalisation, the usual indications for CT imaging include suspected DGE with persistent need for nasogastric intubation, peripancreatic drainage yielding high-amylase fluid consistent with PF, increasing leucocyte count and C-reactive protein levels, as well as physical and laboratory signs of delayed haemorrhage.
As a result, there is a persistent need for practical, principled methods to infer the modular organization of genes from genome-scale data.
A persistent need for dialysis (end-stage kidney disease) was registered in 9%.
The secondary endpoints were the length of ICU stay, and persistent need for renal support on ICU discharge.
In patients without pre-existing renal dysfunction, severe chronic renal failure is unusual and the persistent need for maintenance hemodialysis is rare.
