Example sentences of "[prep] patients undergo [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The finding of normal cholesterol values in the group of patients undergoing similar preparation before colonoscopy , eliminated the preparatory protocol as a contributor to the lowered cholesterol values .
2 In 1949 Lemon and Byrne reported a large series of patients undergoing duodenal aspiration cytology with a test sensitivity of over 70% .
3 Gastric juice was then collected from patients undergoing routine diagnostic gastroscopy who had fasted for at least eight hours .
4 In patients undergoing coronary artery revascularisation , epicardial implantable cardioverter defibrillator ( ICD ) patch electrodes and rate sensing leads can be placed at the time of surgery .
5 Such agents have been used effectively in patients undergoing dental , orthopaedic , hepatic , vascular , and neurosurgery procedures , but most of the data on the use of such drugs have accrued from cardiac surgery .
6 Concern has been raised , however , about the increased potential for thromboembolism in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy .
7 Concerns have also been expressed about the possibility of graft occlusions and increased myocardial ischaemia , especially in patients undergoing myocardial revascularisation .
8 The panel was confident that filtered blood was not indicated to prevent graft versus host disease ( irradiation of donor blood is better and cheaper ) ; to prevent transmission of HIV or hepatitis B and C viruses ; or in patients undergoing routine surgical procedures ( with the possible exception of patients with cancer ) .
9 While this is almost largely as a result the initial surgical procedure there is little difference in the hospital stay with rebleeding caused by the unexpected high frequency of recurrent haemorrhage in patients undergoing oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation .
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