maldistribution

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Another kind of maldistribution is occurring, too.

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  • The Stakeholder Society a decade ago people in this country are looking for new ways to address the maldistribution of wealth and opportunity that our current institutions have produced. —  HLS News
  • Septic shock is primarily a form of distributive shock and is usually characterized by a high cardiac output and a low systemic vascular resistance. 1 In septic shock, patients can have both hypotension, resulting from decreased systemic vascular resistance, and maldistribution of blood flow in the microcirculation with compromised tissue perfusion. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • In sepsis, maldistribution of a normal cardiac output can impair organ perfusion; within an organ, maldistribution of blood flow due to perturbation of resistance vessel tone or patency of nutritive microvessels can exacerbate organ dysfunction. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Many of its persistent faults - such as widespread corruption - is a direct reflection of continued poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunity, and maldistribution of services and wealth. —  Foreign Policy In Focus
  • The growing gap between procedure-based reimbursement and cognitive, time-intensive physician services has led to serious specialty maldistribution of physicians in this country. —  Student Doctor Network
 

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