这种“疾病压缩”，即慢性病和能力丧失被压缩到生命终了前的很短的时间段内，是老龄化人口中的一种当前趋势。
This "compression of morbidity", where chronic illness and disability are squeezed into ever-shorter periods at the end of life, is a recent trend among ageing populations.
欧洲人的到来如同将这些疾病1000年间致死的人数在美洲压缩到150年内发生一样。
When the Europeans came over, it was as if all the deaths over the millennium caused by these diseases were compressed into 150 years in the Americas.
作者报道了4例因骨质疏松压缩性骨折或肿瘤专转移性疾病行椎体成形术或后凸成形术引起迟发性化脓性脊髓炎（DPS）的病例。
The authors report on 4 cases of delayed pyogenic spondylitis (DPS) following vertebroplasty or ky-phoplasty for osteoporotic compression fractures and metastatic disease.
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