Noun(1) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ, as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer
Noun(1) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ, as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer
(1) Overall, hydrocortisone did not induce immunosuppression .(2) There was no clinical evidence of immunosuppression , and serum immunoglobulin levels and the results of a protein strip test were normal.(3) The use of antilymphocyte antibody therapy for immunosuppression also enhances the likelihood and severity of infection in susceptible recipients.(4) It eliminates the need for a donor organ and immunosuppression .(5) In the presence of immunosuppression , relapse is common and hence antimicrobial prophylaxis needs to be lifelong.(6) In those who are severely immunosuppressed the treatment and prophylaxis of opportunistic infections remains important.(7) Patients who are immunosuppressed may receive vaccination, although it may be less effective.(8) The ICU nurse administers immunosuppressant medications and antibiotics as ordered by the physician.(9) Patients who are immunosuppressed and have chronic infection and severe anemia may be communicable for months to years.(10) Where would health care be without antibiotics, antihypertensives, immunosuppressants , antidepressants, anaesthetic drugs, lipid lowering drugs, and hundreds of others?(11) Although corticosteroids are among the most widely used immunosuppressants , they have many side effects.(12) Corticosteroids and immunosuppressants are other treatment possibilities.(13) Patients who are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised need to take prophylactic antibiotics when at risk of bacteremia.(14) Their incidence appears to be increasing across a wide age range, both among immunocompetent and immunosuppressed populations, with the incidence in the latter group being several thousand-fold higher.(15) After lung transplant, the risk factors for osteoporosis are large doses of immunosuppressants , glucocorticoids, and prolonged bedrest.
