Example sentences of "in [adj -er] patients " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there are still reservations among orthopaedic surgeons about the problems of removing the artificial hip and the long-term stability of the coatings , many believe that using these coatings offers the potential for much longer lifetimes of the artificial joint and their use in younger patients . |
| 2 | Resting anal pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients either before or after the operation . |
| 3 | In this paper we describe the results of restorative proctocolectomy in 18 patients over the age of 50 whom we have treated in the past six years and compare them with the results achieved in younger patients . |
| 4 | Resting and pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 5 | The maximum squeeze pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 6 | Thus the routine assessment of the colon in outpatients when an alternative cause for anaemia has been found must be questioned , especially in younger patients without a family history or previous colonic polyps . |
| 7 | The yield in younger patients is likely to be very low and the development of alternative strategies to select those in whom a barium enema or total colonoscopy should be performed would be helpful . |
| 8 | In reality the prognosis of this condition is a good deal better — several groups having reported both short and long term survival rates that are broadly comparable with those found in younger patients . |
| 9 | The severity of the bleeding in the referred patients was similar to that in younger patients ; at least 20% required balloon tamponade in order to control active bleeding at the time of initial endoscopy . |
| 10 | Although carcinoma of the colon is usually considered a disease of late middle age or elderly patients , it can occur in younger patients , particularly if associated with ulcerative colitis or a polyposis syndrome . |
| 11 | Barium studies including small bowel enema are rarely helpful in this group of patients , although occasionally they may be useful in younger patients who are found to have Crohn 's disease or a Meckel 's diverticulum . |
| 12 | While urine testing remains the single most useful screening test for diabetes and the adequacy of its management , blood testing in addition provides definitive information and avoids the pitfall of a high renal threshold not uncommon in older patients , or the problem of not having a urine specimen immediately available . |
| 13 | In older patients this effect can cause bone loss and loosening of alumina based implants . |
| 14 | Success rates of 60–85% ( subjectively assessed ) have been reported for the treatment of mature portwine stains on the face in older patients . |
| 15 | Resting anal pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients either before or after the operation . |
| 16 | Resting and pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 17 | The maximum squeeze pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 18 | The fact that about 50% of all patients experienced minor faecal leakage in the first year after operation , discouraged the use of restorative proctocolectomy in older patients in whome the operative risk must also be assumed to be greater . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Hence , if stripping of the anal mucosa with encoanal anastomosis is used in older patients , we think that it is more likely to lead to lower anal pressures and faecal leakage after operation than the technically simpler alternative of end to end anastomosis . |
| 21 | Colonic assessment to detect carcinomas or polyps is warranted in older patients . |
| 22 | In older patients the small bowel enema is rarely helpful and the next investigation should be enteroscopy or mesenteric angiography . |
| 23 | Thus age should not be the sole criterion for withholding aggressive treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older patients . |
| 24 | The sex difference begins to fade in postmenopausal women and disappears completely in older patients . |
| 25 | Several complications arose in earlier patients that have not recurred after modification of the initial technique . |