Example sentences of "for patients [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Survival was significantly better for patients without regional lymph node metastases ( stage 0 , I , IIA ( n=61 ) : 5 year survival 30% ) and even better if the tumour was restricted to the submucosa ( stage 0 , I ( n=12 ) : 5 year survival 63% ) .
2 It is recognised that nurses must care for patients during recognised holidays but they should not be expected to be in the classroom .
3 This system made it difficult to provide sufficient cover to care for patients above safety or custodial observation levels .
4 On an open ward , the best arrangement for patients at risk is to have one area designated for their observation and management .
5 Understandably , some nursing staff , especially those who are more junior , feel very uncomfortable in the role of providing the vigilant observation needed for patients at risk of suicide .
6 Above all else , it is important that psychiatric inpatient care is based on a carefully coordinated policy , especially for patients at particular risk of suicide .
7 The Samaritans in this country and the Suicide Prevention Centres in the United States are examples of emergency services providing 24-hour telephone access and other facilities for patients at risk of completed suicide .
8 The use of a biliary endoprosthesis has been proposed as an alternative approach for patients at high risk for surgery .
9 They were Christmas presents for patients at the Friarage Hospital .
10 Allergy specialists are beginning to recommend spelt for patients on wheat and gluten-free diets but only under medical supervision until clinical trials are complete .
11 The care of elderly people will not inevitably deteriorate in the future , but the potential for this to be the case underlines the importance of close monitoring of the impact of Working for Patients on the future quality of the National Health Service .
12 For patients on diet alone a check on the blood glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin by the general practitioner or diabetic clinic will suffice , with the patient testing the urine for glucose twice weekly avoiding using early-morning specimens .
13 The emphasis in Working for patients on services to individual patients , and provisions such as ‘ Life-style consultations ’ in connection with the 1990 Contract for GPs , can be viewed as a reinforcement of the individualistic view of health .
14 Hospitals are also encouraged to opt out of the NHS and become business-style ‘ self-governing trusts ’ competing for patients on a profit basis against other hospitals .
15 5 Find out if there are any special skin preparations ordered for patients on your ward and the reasons for these .
16 This is not possible for patients on rate-slowing drugs such as beta blockers , ACE inhibitors and calcium blockers .
17 General practitioners ' threshold for visiting is probably lower for patients on lists that they cover than for their own patients .
18 At 16 weeks , the mean ( SE ; number of patients ) improvements in Leicester scores were 8.48 ( 2.85 ; 33 ) for patients on epogam , 2.54 ( 2.89 ; 35 ) for patients on efamol marine , and 7.15 ( 2.88 ; 34 ) for those on placebo .
19 At 16 weeks , the mean ( SE ; number of patients ) improvements in Leicester scores were 8.48 ( 2.85 ; 33 ) for patients on epogam , 2.54 ( 2.89 ; 35 ) for patients on efamol marine , and 7.15 ( 2.88 ; 34 ) for those on placebo .
20 The orthopaedic department is working towards a one-year maximum wait for patients on a waiting list for an operation and hope to drastically cut the wait for an outpatient appointment .
21 Linda Marks , in her King 's Fund report Home and Hospital Care , singles out Peterborough HAH early discharge scheme for patients with hip fractures .
22 For patients with severe hypertension and an expectation of life of months or at most a year or two , the benefits of lowering the blood pressure were soon seen .
23 Throughout the EEC it is the rule for patients with sexually transmitted diseases to attend a private doctor for their diagnosis and treatment , and these private practitioners do not report the cases that they have seen .
24 For patients with isolated systolic hypertension perhaps there is only a place for dietary therapy , as although this form of hypertension is associated with increased mortality and morbidity ( Kannel et al , 1980 ) , evidence is lacking that drug therapy is beneficial .
25 For patients with complicated infarctions requiring intensive insulin therapy the recovery phase will be heralded by a diminishing insulin requirement .
26 The letters should be sufficiently large and should be placed so as to cater for patients with poor vision .
27 For patients with relationship difficulties , other approaches are likely to be indicated .
28 There is evidence that brief counselling by the general practitioner can be as effective as minor tranquillizers for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with social difficulties , without the risks involved in the use of minor tranquillizers .
29 For example , brief counselling by general practitioners has been shown to be as effective as benzodioazepine tranquillizers for patients with minor affective disorders of recent onset ( Catalan et al. 1984b ) .
30 Encouraging experiments have been carried out utilizing the special skills of social workers ( Cooper et al. 1974 ; Shepherd et al. 1979 ) , clinical psychologists ( Johnston 1978 ; Robson et al. 1984 ) , and marriage guidance counsellors ( Marsh and Barr 1975 ; Cohen and Halpern 1978 ) working in general practice to provide help for patients with social problems .
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