Example sentences of "patients had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 272 questionnaires , representing 70 per cent of the total patient population were completed : the 272 patients had a total of 480 ulcers affecting 383 legs . |
| 2 | The group of chronic atrophic gastritis patients had a reduction in total phospholipids and in lysolecithin , phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol , and an absolute and percentage increase in phosphatidylcholine ; variations in the other phospholipid classes were not significant . |
| 3 | Despite the routine use of cyclosporin only two patients had a plasma creatinine concentration above 175 µmol/l . |
| 4 | The antibody titres within the group of PSC patients were as follows : nine patients had a titre of at least 1:10 and 14 patients had a titre of at least 1:100 . |
| 5 | The antibody titres within the group of PSC patients were as follows : nine patients had a titre of at least 1:10 and 14 patients had a titre of at least 1:100 . |
| 6 | The DNs were asked to indicate whether their patients had a history of a selected list of conditions which could suggest venous and/ or arterial insufficiency . |
| 7 | Three patients had a history of previous bleeding from ulcers of the duodenum or stomach , one patient experienced anastomosal bleeding with a history of gastric resection , one patient had a Dieulafoy 's lesion treated conservatively in another hospital with recurrent bleeding episodes within one year before admission . |
| 8 | In a series of 141 patients who had had a prophylactic colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis , five patients had a history of acute pancreatitis . |
| 9 | All patients had a history of ulcer recurrence confirmed by endoscopy . |
| 10 | In migraineurs , dihydroergotamine therapy has resulted in 18 reported cases of myocardial infarction , with death in 3. 2 patients had a history of cardiac disease . |
| 11 | Four patients had complete bile duct obstruction , seven patients had a stricture ( two with concomitant leakage ) , and one patient had leakage from a hepatic branch . |
| 12 | Twenty ( 31% ) patients had a type C ( chemical ) gastritis , and the remaining 25 ( 38% ) had a type B ( active ) gastritis . |
| 13 | Twenty ( 31% ) patients had a type C ( chemical ) gastritis and the remaining 25 ( 38% ) had a type B ( chronic active ) gastritis . |
| 14 | Only six of the 13 patients had a clear gall bladder at the end of the first procedure , but after further treatments that included cholecystoscopy , endoscopic sphincterotomy , and percutaneous cholecystolithotomy 11 patients had a gall bladder free of stones . |
| 15 | The experience reported suggests that the method is effective in that at the end of the rotary lithotrite procedures 17 patients had a gall bladder clear of stones , and with subsequent proceduressuch as cholecystoscopy , endoscopic sphincterotomy , and percutaneous cholecystolithotomy all but two patients had stones cleared from the biliary system . |
| 16 | Eighteen patients had a skin biopsy or had a lesion removed , but no tests other than the usual histological examination were necessary . |
| 17 | Nine patients had a diagnosis based on a small bowel full thickness biopsy ( Table II ) . |
| 18 | Of 169 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy referred to the orthopaedic muscle clinic at the Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital , 117 already had a scoliosis at the time of referral ; three patients had a curve between 80° and 100° and eight patients had a curve in excess of 100° . |
| 19 | Of 169 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy referred to the orthopaedic muscle clinic at the Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital , 117 already had a scoliosis at the time of referral ; three patients had a curve between 80° and 100° and eight patients had a curve in excess of 100° . |
| 20 | Patients had a baseline assessment after at least 30 min of bed rest and a minimum of 5 min of stable oxygen saturation when breathing room air . |
| 21 | Some patients had a repeat biopsy so that more than one in vitro agent could be evaluated . |
| 22 | Similarly , the cut-off value of 5.5 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum urea patients had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 38% , and positive predictive value of 73% for separating reversible renal failure from CRF , and a cut-off value of 0.2 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum creatinine ratio had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 58% , and positive predictive value of 80% for separating the two conditions . |
| 23 | However , in our series half the patients had a stage IV lymphoma . |
| 24 | In this study about a quarter of patients had a biopsy for a sole haematological abnormality . |