Because there were no pathologic or microbiologic services available, only patients who had typical operative findings of antimesenteric perforation of the distal ileum, consistent with typhoid fever, and severe general conditions, were included.
Furthermore, cases of septic shock associated with severe pneumonia showed a more serious general condition, and suggested prediction of a poor outcome.
The exclusion criteria were as follows: for patients, severe disability, disabling general condition or severe cognitive impairment; for controls, any history of neurological disorders or disabling medical conditions; and for both, age below 60 years.
Reasons for admissions were varied, severe deterioration of their general condition (41%), alteration of consciousness (28%), respiratory distress (13%), convulsive seizures (12%).
At the age of 4 days, the calf was euthanized, because it stopped drinking and showed severe deterioration in its general condition and persistent recumbency.
Moderate to severe depression of the general condition, pale mucous membranes and leucopenia were associated with increased risk (seven-fold, three-fold, and over three-point-five-fold, respectively) for prolonged postoperative hospitalization.
Most of the patients with acute or chronic large bowel obstruction are often in poor general condition (severe dehydration, electrolytes imbalance, advanced age, co-pathology) facing high risks as surgical candidates.
Due to their specific phenotypical characteristics, mice often react with severe impairment of their general condition and symptoms of suffering as a result of the trauma of implantation [ 10, 11].
The collective of hemato-oncological patients included in the present retrospective cohort study consisted of all patients with a primary diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma admitted to the ICU from July 2001 to July 2005 due to a severe deterioration in their general condition.
