Example sentences of "patient [Wh pn] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 138 patients who had recognised a potential condom failure represented only 45% of the 309 who had conceived while using this method . |
| 2 | An adequate knowledge of the existence , timing , and source of postcoital pills was shown by 52 ( 30% ) of the 171 patients who had recognised a potential contraceptive failure and 25 ( 12% ) of the 210 who had not used any contraception — that is , 77 ( 20% ) of the 381 patients who might have benefited from their use . |
| 3 | Controls were drawn from either members of staff or ward patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction . |
| 4 | In a series of 141 patients who had had a prophylactic colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis , five patients had a history of acute pancreatitis . |
| 5 | When comparing the group of patients who had had a single attack with the control group , there was no significant difference in amylase secretion ( Table III ) . |
| 6 | Coronary artery disease remains the main cause of premature disability in the United Kingdom , and patients who have suffered a myocardial infarction form the largest group considered for rehabilitation , although rehabilitation is equally important for patients who have undergone cardiac surgery or suffer from congestive heart failure . |
| 7 | Wilson-Barnett ( 1988 ) quotes from work with cancer patients , patients who have had a myocardial infarct , and patients who have rheumatoid arthritis ; all examples where long-term contact with health care staff is more likely than in instances of acute and more transient illness . |
| 8 | Some patients who have had a myocardial infarct , and particularly those who have had thrombolytic therapy , are going to be left with residual stenosis . |
| 9 | This is no comfort for a patient who has to wait a few months ( in the past , waiting times in some centres were over two years ) but is perhaps a more rational means of distributing limited health care resources than the random waiting lists used in the past , when patients were given fairly arbitrary degrees of priority . |
| 10 | The physiotherapist may need the help of a second therapist , especially for the head-injured patient or the patient who has had a severe stroke . |