Example sentences of "[conj] the patient is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless a bleeding point is seen on colonoscopy or the patient is found to have carcinoma of the colon , all patients should have upper gastrointestinal endoscopy . |
| 2 | Where the patient is incompetent , any analysis of the situation should consider children separately from adults . |
| 3 | He cites examples of nausea with no apparent cause , where the patient is unconsciously saying ‘ I 'm sick of this situation ’ . |
| 4 | Most obviously , the power will be exercised where the patient is a known danger to the public or is a known suicide risk . |
| 5 | The test of incapacity should be either that contained in s94(2) ( where a judge has to be satisfied of the incapacity ) or that in the wider provision of s145(1) ( where the patient is " a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from mental disorder " ) . |
| 6 | This would mean that the patient is heavily reliant on assembled phonology . |
| 7 | You must be satisfied that the patient is progressing towards cure according to homœopathic principles : some repetition of an ill chosen remedy may do no harm , because of the brief action of each dose , but persistent use of a superficial remedy may cause harm . |
| 8 | In a few clinics there is an appointments system which at least ensures that the patient is seen when he or she expects to be seen , but there may be delays in getting an appointment . |
| 9 | They have been devised to place minimum strain on the lifter and her back , while ensuring that the patient is not at risk of falling or being dropped . |
| 10 | The carer must ensure that the patient is cleaned thoroughly when he has finished . |
| 11 | You should always double-check that the patient is sitting up safely , and keep watch in case he changes position as you go along . |
| 12 | If money is short while the patient is ill , there is great pressure on the carer and the family , and often it may mean that the patient is unable to receive the specialist rehabilitation treatment which is increasingly difficult to obtain under the National Health Service . |
| 13 | If you watch the treatment sessions , you may sometimes think that the patient is not taking any active role in initiating movements , whereas the physiotherapist seems to be doing the movements for him . |
| 14 | If the treatment sessions take place in a large gymnasium , for instance , the physiotherapist will screen off a section of the space for greater privacy , and so that the patient is not distracted by seeing what is going on around him . |
| 15 | In the sense that myself and another doctor , I think two doctors have to agree that the patient is terminal , and I think that would have been likely ; as a matter of fact , I knew f no one who felt we should push ahead , and he had four or five physicians in different roles dealing with him , so he would have fulfilled the definition of being terminal . |
| 16 | Indeed , oftentimes a doctor may expect trust without himself reciprocating , in that , for example , he will choose not to tell his patient certain facts , on the paternalistic premiss that the patient is better off not knowing . |
| 17 | There are , therefore , two key features : first , that the patient is of an age the law regards as proper , and second , that he is of sound mind . |
| 18 | All this assumes , of course , that the doctor 's duty demands that he first satisfy himself that the patient is capable of making a rational decision . |
| 19 | First , if the patient meets the criteria of brain-stem death in that , inter alia , he shows no sign of brain-stem activity and , in particular , does not breathe spontaneously , then the diagnosis that the patient is dead can be confirmed . |
| 20 | The blood glucose should be monitored hourly after commencing an intravenous insulin infusion to ensure that the patient is not becoming hypoglycaemic . |
| 21 | Repetition with increasing suicidal intent can be a forewarning that the patient is likely to make a fatal attempt ( Pierce 1981 ) . |
| 22 | This means that the practitioner recognizes that the patient is not just a physical entity but also has emotional , mental and spiritual aspects — all or any of which may need treatment . |
| 23 | ‘ I think you might say , sir , that the patient is coming along as well as could be expected . |
| 24 | 2 to ensure that the patient is in the best psychological and physical state possible prior to surgery . |
| 25 | 1 To ensure that the patient is in the best psychological and physical condition for the operation . |
| 26 | This is by no means to say that the patient is not entitled to receive and indeed invite advice and assistance from others in reaching a decision , particularly from members of the family . |
| 27 | However the presumption of capacity to decide , which stems from the fact that the patient is an adult , is rebuttable . |
| 28 | They explain that the patient is engaged in a legal battle with his brother over some land . |
| 29 | The small gamma probe used in our study has the added advantage that the patient is free to have a normal routine while the detector is worn . |
| 30 | However , what is missed is the fact that the patient is allowed to become , or is being made , more severely ill in the second ICU . |