Example sentences of "[prep] the patients [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such imperfections of bowel function obviously result in a poorer quality of life for the patients concerned , suggesting that the price paid for avoidance of a permanent ileostomy may be too high in older patients . |
| 2 | Most of the patients developed ascites , jaundice , and encephalopathy that progressed even after interferon alfa was stopped . |
| 3 | Half of the patients required colostomies either due to obstructive symptoms before radiotherapy or from radiation induced fibrosis . |
| 4 | The mean ( SD ) ages of the patients positive , 20.1 ( 7.9 ) months , and negative , 29.4 ( 16.1 ) months , to oral challenge were comparable at the time of the provocation ; the difference of 9.3 months with 95% confidence interval of ( -0.2 , 18.8 ) was statistically not significant . |
| 5 | All samples were analysed by a single observer ( AFM ) without knowledge of the patients medical history . |
| 6 | This observation may suggest that what at first sight seems a limited survival advantage in the meta-analysis reported by Souquet et al may loom larger to the patients concerned . |