• Others may be associated with severe, progressive spinal deformity leading to cor pulmonale or even paraplegia (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • Posterior fusion is also used to line up and hold the neck bones when there's a deformity in the curve of the neck. (eorthopod.com)
  • One type of deformity that changes the curve of the neck is called kyphosis . (eorthopod.com)
  • Moderate curves (20 to 40°) are treated conservatively (eg, physical therapy and bracing) to prevent further deformity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • although the patient was paraplegic, in order to prevent severe kyphotic deformity of the spine and to allow a rapid mobilization, a posterior arthrodesis was performed with pedicle screws, hooks, and rods. (medscape.com)
  • The combination of a bar on one side of the spine and a hemivertebra on the other causes the most severe growth problem. (orthoinfo.org)
  • This occurs when the spine tries to make up for a scoliosis curve by creating other curves in the opposite direction above, or below, the affected area. (orthoinfo.org)
  • In this condition, the spine has a sideways "S"- or "C"-shaped curve and may be slightly rotated. (healthline.com)
  • The curve is more likely to get worse if it's "S"-shaped, large, or in the middle of the spine. (healthline.com)
  • Scoliosis is a sideways curve of the spine. (choa.org)
  • The curve can make the spine look like an "s" or a "c" rather than a straight line when viewed from the back. (choa.org)
  • Everyone's spine naturally curves a bit. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But people with scoliosis have a spine that curves too much. (medlineplus.gov)
  • You may need surgery if the spine curve is severe or getting worse very quickly. (medlineplus.gov)
  • People with scoliosis have a side-to-side curve in the spine that can look like an "S" or a "C. (kidshealth.org)
  • Very large curves can damage the joints and cause arthritis of the spine. (kidshealth.org)
  • If the spine curves a lot, people might get lung problems. (kidshealth.org)
  • A curve in the spine can make the body tilt to the left or right. (kidshealth.org)
  • This term describes dwarfism with perhaps the most numerous and severe skeletal abnormalities from cervical spine to the feet. (medscape.com)
  • To evaluate ventilatory functional restrictions during a maximal exercise tolerance test in idiopathic scoliosis patients with mild and moderate curves and to compare them with the results obtained in healthy adolescents matched in age undergoing similar test. (nih.gov)
  • Adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis with mild curves do not exhibit significant restrictions in ventilatory parameters measured by conventional static spirometry. (nih.gov)
  • Few reports have dealt with cardiorespiratory response to maximal exercise in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with mild to moderate curves. (nih.gov)
  • Thirty-seven girls diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a mean age of 13 years (range, 11-16) and an average scoliotic curve of 32.8 degrees Cobb (range, 20-45 degrees) were studied by basal spirometry and dynamic ventilatory parameters during a maximal exercise tolerance test. (nih.gov)
  • Kyphosis can also occur when a severe injury compresses the vertebral body into the shape of a wedge. (eorthopod.com)
  • When kyphosis is a problem, a posterior fusion procedure may be used to correct the curve and to fuse the bones together once they're in the right position. (eorthopod.com)
  • Posterior cervical fusion is most commonly used to treat neck fractures and dislocations and to fix deformities in the curve of the neck. (eorthopod.com)
  • How well a person with scoliosis does depends on the type, cause, and severity of the curve. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Prognosis depends on site and severity of the curve and age at symptom onset. (msdmanuals.com)
  • These mild to moderate changes to typical lordotic curves are almost universally innocent of causing long lasting pain conditions. (cure-back-pain.org)
  • The slope of the curve matters,' says Christopher Wolfe, Managing Director, North American Banks at Fitch Ratings in New York. (yahoo.com)
  • Scoliosis is defined as a curve of 11 degrees or greater and can be mild, moderate or severe. (choa.org)
  • A mild curve is less than 20 degrees. (kidshealth.org)
  • A moderate curve is between 25 degrees and 40 degrees. (kidshealth.org)
  • A severe curve is more than 50 degrees. (kidshealth.org)
  • This results in a spinal curve that increases as a child grows. (orthoinfo.org)
  • However, an increased spinal curve often takes the blame for what might otherwise amount to idiopathic back pain. (cure-back-pain.org)
  • A total of 23 sJIA patients (13 males, median age 8.2), 20 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, 18 patients with severe infections (SIF), 26 Kawasaki disease (KD) patients, 18 juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients, and 25 healthy control patients were selected for this study. (scielo.br)
  • In the present study, the serum concentrations of IL-6, IL-18, S100A8, and S100A9 were measured and comparatively analyzed in pediatric patients with sJIA and other diseases that can be easily misdiagnosed as sJIA, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), severe infections (SIF), KD, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with multiple joint involvement. (scielo.br)
  • Introduction The global pandemic of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and has since spread worldwide. (medrxiv.org)
  • Ten years have elapsed since the World Health Organization, the WHO, issued its first global alert for an unexplained illness, which it named severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. (cdc.gov)
  • Current guidelines [ 1 ] suggest that an initial observation period ("watchful waiting") is an option for children younger than 2 years with nonsevere acute otitis media (AOM), an option that is not appropriate for those young children with severe disease. (medscape.com)
  • To control the spread of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), it is necessary to adequately identify and isolate infectious patients particularly at the work place. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients with symptomatic lordosis typically either have extremely severe curvatures, some other spinal abnormality or are actually suffering from psychological back pain using the lordosis as a convincing camouflage explanation for the mindbody symptoms. (cure-back-pain.org)
  • Patient with severe congenital hyperlordosis. (medscape.com)
  • People with this type have many fractures starting very early in life and can have severe bone deformities. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Patients who develop severe bone, joint and/or muscle pain at any time should contact their doctor. (merck.com)
  • Severe COVID-19 illness is seen more in patients more than 50 years of age. (medrxiv.org)
  • Conclusion Advanced age, male gender, IHD, Respiratory Rate & Heart Rate on admission were associated with severe covid-19 illness. (medrxiv.org)
  • S. Lactate Dehydrogenase & D-dimer was associated with severe covid-19 illness and early in-hospital death. (medrxiv.org)
  • The distribution of severity ( of illness for COVID-19 ) is always a curve. (rediff.com)
  • 14,18,19) Nevertheless through the first half of the 20th century, dengue was generally described as a self-limited, nonfatal febrile illness, with occasional hemorrhagic manifestations such as petechiae, epistaxis, gingival bleeding and menorrhagia, that only rarely resulted in more severe or fatal outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Severe illness (moderate or severe ear pain or fever ≥39°C). (medscape.com)
  • Severe and complicated malaria. (cdc.gov)
  • Immediate injectable treatment is essential for severe malaria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2009, Melba Gomes and her colleagues published the findings of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of rectal artesunate for suspected severe malaria in such remote areas. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The affirmative findings of this, the only trial on the issue thus far, have led the WHO to endorse rectal artesunate as a pre-referral treatment for severe malaria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While severe malaria requires urgent attention, patients with the disease often reside far away from health facilities equipped to perform accurate diagnosis and administer suitable parenteral treatment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Almost 18,000 people with suspected severe malaria not able to take medication by mouth received an artesunate or a placebo suppository. (biomedcentral.com)
  • If your health care providers think your curve might get worse or cause problems, they'll probably want you to wear a back brace until you finish growing. (kidshealth.org)
  • The brace doesn't make an existing curve go away, but it can stop it from getting worse. (kidshealth.org)
  • The brace acts as a holding device that keeps a curve from getting worse. (kidshealth.org)
  • The right brace is the one that works best for the type of curve you have - but it's also the one you're most likely to wear. (kidshealth.org)
  • In severe cases, surgery to place metal rods into the long bones of the legs may be considered. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The starting point of the curve in surgery indicates the baseline level of surgical skill, and the end point shows an assumed expertise level. (springer.com)
  • People with severe scoliosis might need surgery. (kidshealth.org)
  • Some teens with severe scoliosis need a type of surgery called a spinal fusion . (kidshealth.org)
  • A broken sternum typically causes moderate to severe pain when the accident occurs. (webmd.com)
  • Methods: A network meta-analysis (NMA) was conducted to indirectly compare the efficacy of six biologics in achieving complete resolution of NP at week 24‒26 in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and concomitant NP. (lu.se)
  • 17%). Conclusion: In patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and concomitant NP, ixekizumab has the greatest likelihood among approved biologics of achieving complete resolution of NP at week 24‒26. (lu.se)
  • Patients with severe lordotic curves have few therapy options available. (cure-back-pain.org)
  • Laughs ) Omicron would be a great booster if you could predictably say that you will not develop severe infection. (rediff.com)
  • The vertebrae are shaped normally in compensatory curves. (orthoinfo.org)
  • The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.83 (95% CI: 0.80-0.86). (nih.gov)
  • The area under the curve was 0.80, indicating a good capability of the model to discriminate between survivors and nonsurvivors. (ajtmh.org)
  • In systematic reviews comparing vibration controlled transient elastography (VCTE TM ) to biopsy (as a gold standard) for the detection of severe liver fibrosis, the mean area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.89 (95% CI, 0.88-0.91) (Tsochatzis et al, 2011, Friedrich-Rust et al, 2008) and the overall sensitivity and specificity were 82% (95% CI, 78-86%) and 86% (95% CI 0.80-0.91). (cdc.gov)
  • and why dose-response curves of particle toxicity exhibit a hockey stick like shape with a threshold. (cdc.gov)
  • In total, 120 patients (51 with severe disease, 29 with moderate disease and 40 with mild disease) completed the LCQ and SGRQ. (ersjournals.com)
  • Only a small proportion of people might develop severe disease. (rediff.com)
  • But it's not like nobody will develop severe disease, particularly for people with comorbidities. (rediff.com)
  • 2. The Eastern Caribbean region watched the global pandemic of COVID-19 unfold and with great concern, particularly because of the high risk of severe disease related to our high burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases. (who.int)
  • The first 50 consecutive cases of minimally invasive Oxford phase 3 UKA performed by one surgeon were evaluated to determine whether there was an association between outcomes and the cumulative number of cases performed, indicating the presence of learning curve. (springer.com)
  • Patients were classified in Mild, Moderate, Severe & Critical categories of COVID cases. (medrxiv.org)
  • Results A total 204 (N) patients were clinically classified into different severity groups, as per MOHFW and qCSI(quick Covid Severity Index) guidelines, as Mild (34), Moderate (56), Severe (39) and Critical (75). (medrxiv.org)
  • Each study's survival curve was divided into a critical and a stable period. (ersjournals.com)
  • Although people of any sex can develop scoliosis, girls are more likely to develop the condition and to have a more pronounced curve that requires treatment. (healthline.com)
  • The clinic operated on minimal resources with no guide book on treatment strategies and a steep learning curve. (medscape.com)
  • I had just finished a tour and a week after returning home, severe chest pain and terrible breathlessness landed me in the ER. (npr.org)
  • From a banking sector perspective, the inverted curve, combined with near-9% inflation and post-2008 regulation - the deepest, highest, and toughest in decades, respectively - offers cause for concern. (yahoo.com)
  • The "Lab-score" combining C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and urine dipstick results has recently been derived and validated as an accurate tool for predicting severe bacterial infections (SBIs) in children with fever without source. (nih.gov)
  • Not snapping wrists results in a severe slice. (atariage.com)
  • A severe COPD exacerbation requiring hospitalization not only results in higher mortality risks during hospitalization, but also in the time period after discharge and contributes substantially to total COPD mortality. (ersjournals.com)
  • Type IV, or moderately severe OI, is similar to type I, although people with type IV often need braces or crutches to walk. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Surgical options are available for people who experience severe pain or significant loss of function and didn't have success with other treatments. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • The poor suckers must have suffered severe cases of fear and trembling. (thevinyldistrict.com)
  • Although the incidence of hemorrhagic dengue in United States travelers abroad is low,(13,15) clinicians in this country may encounter severe cases of dengue, particularly among immigrants from areas with a high incidence of DHF. (cdc.gov)
  • Large curves can make the ribs rub against the pelvis, causing pain. (kidshealth.org)
  • There are too many patients with identical spinal curves who do not experience any pain or other negative effects. (cure-back-pain.org)
  • This pressure can be severe enough to affect the bowel and bladder function, or cause pain or loss of function in certain areas. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Modified surface characteristics by the severe shot peening process were analyzed in terms of residual stress distribution measured by X-ray diffraction methods and near-surface microstructural observations by scanning electron microscopy. (mdpi.com)
  • The more severe the curving, the more likely it will get worse after the child stops growing. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But a curve that gets worse can be bad for a person's health. (kidshealth.org)
  • That way, the curve can't get any worse. (kidshealth.org)
  • There are other types of OI, but they occur very rarely and most are considered subtypes of the moderately severe form (type IV). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some patients may develop severe digestive reactions including irritation, inflammation or ulceration of the esophagus. (merck.com)
  • It can be used to establish the learning curve for a surgical procedure and allows one to judge when an individual's performance has achieved a predefined level of competence. (springer.com)
  • nano-sized dust has a greater number of particles and a larger total particle-cell contact surface area than the same mass of micron-sized dust, which triggers more alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) to synthesize and release more cytokines that recruit a greater number of neutrophils leading to more severe lesions. (cdc.gov)
  • Most curves are convex to the right in the thoracic area and to the left in the lumbar area, so that the right shoulder is higher than the left. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In economics, the "J curve" is the time path of a country's trade balance following a devaluation or depreciation of its currency, under a certain set of assumptions. (wikipedia.org)
  • And yet our prof had a difficult time saying government was bad when introducing us to supply and demand curves. (emptywheel.net)
  • A learning curve is defined as an improvement in performance over time or with increasing experience or training. (springer.com)
  • Mortality during the stable period was then estimated by extrapolating the survival curve during the stable period back to the time of exacerbation onset. (ersjournals.com)
  • The greater the curve, the greater the likelihood that it will progress after the skeleton matures. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Prompt referral to an orthopedist is indicated when progression is of concern or the curve is significant. (msdmanuals.com)
  • What kind you get depends on the size and location of your curve. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Yes it had more of a learning curve than the 6 but I'm thankful for my iPhone back! (verizon.com)
  • Orthopedic specialists usually can work with patients to prevent curves from getting to this point. (kidshealth.org)
  • Banks can make money when interest rates rise but this is far easier when the yield curve slopes upward, and they borrow lower and lend higher. (yahoo.com)
  • In private equity, the J curve is used to illustrate the historical tendency of private equity funds to deliver negative returns in early years and investment gains in the outlying years as the portfolios of companies mature. (wikipedia.org)
  • I wonder all these years later how many former B-school students struggle with the vertical demand curve lessons once they enter the real world. (emptywheel.net)
  • And I wonder what the supply curve looks like when it comes to insulin, the price of which has jumped dramatically over the last few years so that it has become your-money-or-your-life proposition for many diabetics. (emptywheel.net)
  • A J curve is any of a variety of J-shaped diagrams where a curve initially falls, then steeply rises above the starting point. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of this observational study was to investigate the learning curve of one experienced surgeon introducing minimally invasive Oxford phase 3 UKA into his routine clinical practice. (springer.com)
  • Good clinical practice and the introduction of new orthopedic techniques mandate the need to determine the nature of the learning curve. (springer.com)
  • The severe form of type II OI can be seen on ultrasound when the fetus is as young as 16 weeks. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Type III is also called severe OI. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The severe shot peening process was applied to the notched specimens from an AW 7075 alloy with the aim to improve fatigue endurance in the very-high cycle fatigue region. (mdpi.com)