comorbidity

During the Whitmore era, many men did not need to be cured, as they had more comorbidities and died of other causes.

"Obese people may be diagnosed at later stage, have different treatment or more comorbidities, " she said.

Obesity satisfies the definition of morbid obesity when it reaches the point of significant risk for obesity-related comorbidities.

Patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities may be at a higher risk for having relevant electro physical events.

Other comorbidities and age had no significant impact on perioperative complications and clinical outcome.

The bulk of late readmission and mortality was not procedure or valve related but rather was due to comorbidities.

These comorbidities confound the treatment strategies that might otherwise limit the severity of COPD and improve quality of life.

The infections were primarily bacterial in origin, but most patients also suffered diverse medical comorbidities.

In conclusion, immunocompromised status and intra-abdominal comorbidities are high risk factors.

For example, "patterns of comorbidities are different in military populations, compared to the civilian sector, " he said.

In general, patients at the teaching hospitals were younger and had fewer comorbidities than patients at the nonteaching hospitals.

In addition, studies enrolled patients with minimal comorbidities in their medical histories.

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