Countercurrent circulation might induce a functional shunt that could place distal microvilli segments at ischaemic risk [ 24].
6 Patients with DM-ESRD are the fastest growing segment of the dialysis population 7 8 and also represent the segment most at risk for poor clinical outcomes.
Recently palifermin (Kepivance®) became the first pharmaceutical/ biological approved for the treatment of mucositis, although in a small segment of the at risk population.
Amphibian populations in the beginning stages of decline often exude a number of signs, which may potentially be used to identify at-risk segments in conservation efforts.
GMHC is also concerned that in many segments of the population at risk of HIV infection, condom use is falling.
A recent report released by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) as part of a campaign to empower and protect Latinas in the workplace underscores the need for CIR to protect one of the most at risk segments in our labor market.
Segments of the population at risk of poor health and health care disparities are usually considered as being vulnerable [ 7, 8].
Vitamin A deficiency continues to place some segments of the population at risk, particularly households in the highlands, indigenous households, rural households, and households in which the mother has no formal education or in which children are underweight or stunted [ 48].
There are so many urban food deserts that have wreaked havoc with the health of our most at-risk community segments.
For example, his pancreatic enzymes likely were retained in the same esophageal segment, which placed him at risk of developing esophageal damage akin to the development of fibrosing colonopathy and strictures described in patients with CF who received high-dose pancreatic enzymes [ 13].
