0 A life-threatening disease is a very serious one that can cause death:
a life-threatening experience/illness
Unlike many other types of cancers, only a small fraction of prostate cancer cases are aggressive and life-threatening.
In addition, they know that the unit directors will not intervene in their lives unless there is an emergent life-threatening matter.
There has been a quiet revolution in standards of care for those with life-threatening illnesses and those near the end of life.
Nevertheless, it may include thoughts of death distinct from the wish to die, such as in the context of a life-threatening illness.
Some children with chronic illness and/or life-threatening conditions will have established relationships with clinical caregivers; these relationships may engender special insight and unique responsibilities.
Severe cyanosis is common in the early postoperative period and may be life-threatening.
Rheumatoid disease can present as a life-threatening systemic vasculitis.
In anticoagulated patients however major surgical procedures may be potentially life-threatening by causing further bleeding.