high morbidity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandmorbidity
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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morbidity
noun[U]
uk/mɔːˈbɪd.ə.ti/us/mɔːrˈbɪd.ə.t̬i/
medicalspecialized
the morbidity of a disease is how many people have it in a ...
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(Definition ofhighandmorbidityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The requirement of such interventions carries independentlyhighmorbidity.
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Pulmonary involvement is common and associated withhighmorbidityand mortality.
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Thehighmorbidityand mortality related to acute pulmonary hypertension can be overcome by the use of nitric oxide.
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Therefore, the disease continues to cause a veryhighmorbidityand mortality in the majority of patients.
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In addition, chronic infections may be a source of pneumonia and other secondary infections, which havehighmorbidityand mortality in immunosuppressed patients.
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In addition to acute drug-related affects, older drug users experiencehighmorbidityand mortality from chronic conditions and reportedly greater levels of psychological ill health.
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Thehighmorbidityand mortality related to the acute pulmonary hypertensive state can be overcome by the use of inhaled nitric oxide.
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Increased knowledge about the specific microbiological causes of sepsis may be crucial in improving thehighmorbidityand mortality of the disease.
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Secondary intra-abdominal infection, usually due to digestive tract or biliary tree affection, is a process associated withhighmorbidityand mortality (15).
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Ultimately, a higher attrition rate needs to be accepted as a feature of this population, given thehighmorbidityand mortality, and considered in sample size calculations.
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The poverty is manifested in many ways, not least thehighmorbidityand hospital admission rates.
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In general terms, the population there has ahighmorbidityand a low mobility.
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The population generally can be characterised as having ahighmorbidityand a low mobility rate.
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Open surgery has ahighmorbidityand mortality.
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They have particularly acute housing and other environmental and economic problems which lead tohighmorbiditypatterns.
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The excess risk of cancer may be nearly fiftyfold among long-term snuff users and there is ahighmorbidityand mortality rate.
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It is not a rich county; it is a county withhighmorbidityrates and prevalence of illnesses, especially respiratory illnesses.
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The area is one ofhighmorbidity, demanding an equally high standard of medical input if that morbidity is to be effectively treated.
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The condition is associated withhighmorbidityand mortality and is fatal without treatment.
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Disseminated primary varicella infection usually seen in the immunocompromised may havehighmorbidity.
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Those figures show that there must be easy access to a unit close to those areas ofhighmorbidityif the situation is to be contained and reversed.
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There would be security and, at the same time, increments according to age, seniority and, for instance, thehighmorbidityin an area where doctors practised.
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It is extremely contagious with veryhighmorbidityand mortality rates, causing an interstitial fibrinous pleuropneumonia in infected goats.
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Some areas will see ahighmorbidityand mortality among its rabbit populations followed by calmer periods.
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However, outbreaks in chickens may result inhighmorbidity, moderate mortality, and extensive culling, leading to overall poor flock performance.
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