"That's a good prognostic sign," Krakow said.
Kasuga et al. reported that tumor-related leukocytosis is an ominous prognostic sign in patients with lung cancer [5].
Wasting of skeletal muscle (cachexia) is associated with a variety of chronic or inflammatory disorders and has long been recognized as a poor prognostic sign.
Focal findings with asymmetry are a poor prognostic sign, and MRI of the brain should be followed up with imaging of the entire neuroaxis.
He was non-diabetic but had hyperglycaemia and the level of which is one of the prognostic sign of mortality (Mehrpour et al. 2008).
A right ventricle/left ventricle short axis ratio greater than 1 on reconstructed four-chamber views is indicative of right heart failure and a bad prognostic sign [11].
In contrast to decreased or absent mural enhancement, hyperaemia is probably a good prognostic sign as it likely indicates viable bowel [11].
Introduction Because oliguria is a poor prognostic sign in patients with acute renal failure (ARF), diuretics are often used to increase urine output in patients with or at risk of ARF.
Skip metastases (Fig. 24) are considered rare (less than 5%% of osteosarcomas [19]); however, their presence automatically determines an AJCC stage ≥III and is considered a poor prognostic sign [36].
The callus fracture sign is thought to represent a prognostic sign where the visible fracture line on the radiograph evolves into a cleavage plane which would eventually form a hypertrophic non-union when the plane reaches the outer surface of the callus.
Pallor would seem to be a poor prognostic sign of the functional bleb as a certain level of capillarization is required for the absorption of aqueous.
