Decompensation in A Sentence

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    It has been well established that narcotics given to conscious patients with some degree of intracranial decompensation will cause a rise in intracranial pressure.

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    Later, it may occur because of an acute decompensation of chronic heart failure.

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    Liver function In patients who develop evidence of hepatic decompensation during treatment, Pegasys should be discontinued.

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    Surgery in patients with liver dysfunction The Child-Pugh classification is a useful method of staging the progress of liver decompensation.