Example sentences of "patients have a [noun sg] of " 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 In a series of 141 patients who had had a prophylactic colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis , five patients had a history of acute pancreatitis .
7 All patients had a history of ulcer recurrence confirmed by endoscopy .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Some patients have a history of hospitalization and surgery before the age of 5 , and in some cases such events have occurred before the age of 18 months ( Rosenthal et al. 1972 ; Simpson 1975 ) .
11 However , they are well recognised in children with extrahepatic portal hypertension and almost half of these patients have a history of previous surgery .
12 Immediately after discharge from hospital most patients have a recurrence of the anxiety which is a prominent feature of the early days after the attack and which tends to lessen towards the end of the hospital stay .
13 Approximately 5% of patients have a risk of bleeding from gastric varices after successful obliteration of their oesophageal veins .
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