Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] in [det] patient " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , a & F catheter was introduced in the hepatic vein and a preshaped liver biopsy needle ( Ignenor Medical , Paris , France ) was slipped into the catheter and the transjugular liver biopsy was obtained in each patient using the standard technique . |
| 2 | When a repeat biopsy was taken in these patients it did not affect management and this practice , which has often been followed just to satisfy some definitions of coeliac disease , should be reviewed . |
| 3 | Only one test was conducted in each patient . |
| 4 | Selective cannulation of the biliary and/or pancreatic duct was attempted in all patients . |
| 5 | The aetiology of liver failure was assessed by clinical history , and by serologic markers of hepatitis B , hepatitis delta , and hepatitis A. The possibility of Wilson 's disease presenting as fulminant hepatic failure was investigated in all patients by measuring plasma and urine copper and plasma ceruloplasmin concentrations . |
| 6 | The scan score was raised in all patients who had clinically active disease but normal laboratory tests . |
| 7 | Similarly the scan score was raised in all patients with clinically active disease ( CDA9 150 ) . |
| 8 | A low pepsinogen A:C ratio was found in all patients with hypertrophic gastropathy . |
| 9 | Bile duct drainage was established in all patients . |
| 10 | A standard anaesthetic regimen was used in all patients . |
| 11 | Although no independent assessment of quality of life was performed in these patients , from the objective assessment of exercise capacity and left ventricular function in each case combined with the full time employment of most of the long term surviving patients , the patients ' answers to a simple telephone questionnaire were probably accurate and did not reflect any inappropriate bias . |
| 12 | Follow up endoscopy was performed in many patients but this was not done systematically . |
| 13 | Follow up endoscopy was performed in many patients but this was not done systematically . |
| 14 | The dilatation was done in most patients as an outpatient procedure . |
| 15 | Villous height was reduced in all patients compared with controls ( p<0.001 ) whereas crypt depth , although increased in individual cases , was not significantly increased in the group as a whole ( p>0.05 ) ( Fig 5 ) . |
| 16 | Although corrosive strictures were very often multiple , long , and tight , initial adequate dilatation with complete relief of symptoms was achieved in most patients ( 93.6% ) . |
| 17 | No other cause for anaemia was found in these patients and neither symptoms nor anaemia recurred during the follow up period . |
| 18 | Symptomatic palliation was achieved in most patients but complications were common . |