(n.) The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
(n.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
(3) Use of the improved operative technique contributed to reduction in number of complications.
(4) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(5) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
(6) There was one complication (4.8%) from PCD (pneumothorax) and no deaths in this group.
(7) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(8) During this period he developed autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, a rare complication of myelofibrosis.
(9) In this study, standby and prophylactic patients had comparable success and major complication rates, but procedural morbidity was more frequent in prophylactic patients.
(10) Writing in the Observer , Schmidt said his company's accounts were complicated but complied with international taxation treaties that allowed it to pay most of its tax in the United States.
(11) Trismus may be a complication from local anesthesia.
(12) The course of urogenital tuberculosis is complicated by unspecific bacterial infections of the urinary tract and nephrolithiasis.
(13) Four patients died while maintained on PD; three deaths were due to complications of liver failure within the first 4 months of PD and the fourth was due to empyema after 4 years of PD.
(14) The decline in the frequency of serious complications was primarily due to a decrease in the proportion of patients with open fractures treated with plate osteosynthesis from nearly 50% to 19%.
(15) This method, which permits a more rapid formation of anastomoses, has been used to form Roux-en-Y jejunojejunostomies without extensive complications in six patients.
(16) Such complications as intracerebral haematoma or meningeal haemorrhage may occur during the usually benign course of the disease.
(17) Surgical removal was avoided without complications by detaching it with a ring stripper.
(18) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
(19) The patient later died from complications of burns.
(20) The course was further complicated by administration of gentamicin, an antibiotic known to potentiate neuromuscular blocking drugs.
Sequela
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, follows.
(n.) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
(n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
(n.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Example Sentences:
(1) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
(2) A 68 year-old man with a history of right thalamic hemorrhage demonstrated radiologically in the pulvinar and posterior portion of the dorsomedian nucleus developed a clinical picture of severe physical sequelae associated with major affective, behavioral and psychic disorders.
(3) Sequelae of chemo- and radiotherapy were only depicted by magnetic resonance imaging.
(4) The prognosis of meningococcal arthritis is excellent and joint sequelae are rare.
(5) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(6) Since alterations in insulin responsiveness, especially insulin resistance, have been related to the metabolic sequelae of shock, the present study evaluated insulin responsiveness in traumatic shock.
(7) Obstetrician-gynecologists must place lymphocytic adenohypophysitis in the differential diagnosis of pituitary enlargement associated with pregnancy, since treatment is available and the sequelae may be life-threatening.
(8) Sequelae include infertility, pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and perinatal infection.
(9) For sequelae in the brain, nervous plexuses, heart, eye, surgical treatment can be useful, even if frequently with palliative results.
(10) Medical record review provided information on indications for method of delivery, delivery complications and injuries, neonatal complications, and neurologic sequelae up to 4 years of age.
(11) A search was made for predisposing factors and sequelae of diet-induced obesity (DIO) or resistance to DIO (DR).
(12) The goals of burn care are to preserve life, to preserve function, to limit physical and psychological sequelae and to provide social reintegration.
(13) About 7% of all Saudi Arabians, and 42% of those older than 40 years, have a cataract or its sequelae.
(14) Periodical examinations, repeated admissions and treatment of the malignant disease sequelae, make the relationship between the patient and the doctor a lifelong one.
(15) The use of homografts appears to be a promising method of repairing the sequelae of chronic otitis.
(16) Pentaglobin has been postulated to have anti-endotoxin properties and one of the aims of the study was to measure endotoxin levels in these patients together with the clinical sequelae of infection.
(17) The present study, together with previous reports, indicate that lisuride may interfere with ischemia-induced cerebrovascular disturbances and, in such a way, improve some pathological sequelae of cerebrovascular disease.
(18) Due to the better understanding of the therapeutic sequelae, particularly following radiotherapy, this modality is avoided whenever possible in young children.
(19) Three had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, 2 had pulmonary emphysema, 1 had bronchiolitis and the other had a sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis.
(20) Studies on the safety of prostaglandins for labor induction, for both child and mother, have generally concluded that if uterine hyperstimulation is avoided, there will be no serious sequelae.