Although pleural fibrosis is usually an undesirable event, it is commonly used therapeutically (pleurodesis) to control pleural effusions and pneumothoraces.

Such internal checks can alert researchers to unexpected or undesirable events.

Patients reported about three times as many undesirable events in the six months preceding their illness as the comparison group over the same period.

Performing the procedure with the patient awake is safer as the patient can immediately report any discomfort or problems and thereby facilitate rapid correction of any undesirable events.

He did not walk into office waving a magic wand to make all of the undesirable events disappear from view and thought.

Safety engineers consider what undesirable events can occur under what conditions, and project the related accident risk.

"I anticipate undesirable events and outcomes, and try to prevent them."

Except for flight training, airplane testing, and aerobatics, a stall is usually an undesirable event.

Fourth, the study found delayed responses to abnormal blood gas results, placing the patient at risk for developing arrhythmias or other undesirable physiologic events.

Actuaries mathematically evaluate the probability of events and quantify the contingent outcomes in order to minimize financial losses associated with uncertain undesirable events.