Example sentences of "patients have a " in BNC.

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1 In the control group there was no correlation between age and the sweat spot test score while in patients there was a moderate but significant negative correlation , older patients having a lower sweat spot test score ( rho=0.45 , p=0.035 , Spearman correlation coefficient ) .
2 This compares with a small bowel resection rate of only 4% at five years among 116 patients having a proctocolectomy for Crohn 's colitis in this unit .
3 In the study reported by Pezim and others , 5% of patients having a pouch procedure were identified as having indeterminant colitis .
4 One of Linskog 's patients had a lymphatic tumour which had become resistant to radiotherapy ; situated in the jaw , it was making eating and breathing difficult .
5 This would reduce the strain on hospital clinics , stimulate interest and expertise in diabetes in the community and ensure diabetic patients had a regular review in a specialist clinic .
6 Thereafter for the rest of their stay , which was usually two or three weeks , the patients had a fuller , wheat- and additive-free diet .
7 Christmas Day in Bart 's Kenton ward was a children 's delight as staff pulled out all the stops to ensure patients had a magical day .
8 Despite the routine use of cyclosporin only two patients had a plasma creatinine concentration above 175 µmol/l .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Forty six patients had a single event , 59 had two-five , 21 had six-10 , and 31 had more than 10 events before referral .
12 A blood specimen was unobtainable from 10 patients , so that only 308 patients had a valid value for a random haemoglobin A 1 estimation .
13 Compared with the 165 males , the 143 female patients had a significantly higher mean random haemoglobin A 1 value despite having had diabetes for fewer years ( females : mean 9.5 years ; males : mean 10.3 years ; p=0.36 ) .
14 Some patients had a short lived mood disorder , which would be likely to resolve rapidly , perhaps without treatment .
15 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° .
16 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° .
17 Eighteen patients had a skin biopsy or had a lesion removed , but no tests other than the usual histological examination were necessary .
18 All patients had a complete physical examination and their medical history was recorded using a standardised protocol .
19 At stage IV 72 ( 63% ) of 114 homosexual and eight ( 42% ) of 19 non-homosexual patients had a gastrointestinal infection ( p=0.070 , not significant ) .
20 Despite of the higher rate of intestinal infections homosexual patients had a higher frequency of abdominal pain and weight loss only , while the frequency of diarrhoea or other symptoms was not different .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Low grade and mixed grade patients had a 100% actuarial survival at 156 months which was significantly better ( p<0.01 ) than that of 52% for patients with high grade disease .
24 Ninety five of the 120 ( 79% ) Ulcerative colitis patients had a positive test whereas only 14 of the 105 ( 13% ) patients with Crohn 's disease were positive .
25 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 .
26 Nine patients had a diagnosis based on a small bowel full thickness biopsy ( Table II ) .
27 Nine patients had a partial or total colectomy for constipation before this study .
28 In controls the distribution of dots on the skin surface appeared to be uniform ( Fig 1 ) whereas patients had a more piatchy distribution ( Fig 3 ) .
29 Some patients had a repeat biopsy so that more than one in vitro agent could be evaluated .
30 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 .
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