To illustrate the potential severity of this risk, we identify several mechanisms through which attackers could manipulate patients if unauthorized access to an implant can be achieved.
But inspectors also reported that company officials had also understated in several reports to the agency the potential severity of device-related injuries, including three reports involving injuries and one report involving a possible device-related death.
Though this is due in part to the fact that it often occurs in patients with significant comorbidities, including malignancy, multi-organ failure, and severe infection [16, 20, 22, 24], it also reflects the potential severity of the condition itself.
"Many small businesses are starting to appreciate the potential severity of cyber-attacks.
Caution: This chart provides guidelines for assessing the potential severity of heat stress.
They can be used to quantify the potential severity of an explosion.
However, given the potential severity of Hurricane Sandy, we have activated our Business Continuity Plans.
"Given the potential severity of the storm, closing schools for Wednesday makes sense," Randi Weingarten, the president of the city teachers' union, said in a statement.
But recent climate studies suggest that the fourth assessment report underestimated the potential severity of global warming over the next 100 years.
We must find a better way to characterize and explain the potential severity of storm surge and precipitation-driven flooding for an approaching storm.
In a statement, TransCanada rejected the report's conclusion that it was playing down the potential severity of spills.
