Example sentences of "patient over [art] age " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients over the age of 70 are particularly at risk ( 44% of accidents involved that age group ) . |
| 2 | Nasal oxygen supplementation significantly reduces this problem and should be routinely used in patients over the age of 60 undergoing ERCP as this reduces the sedation risks of the procedure . |
| 3 | Restorative proctocolectony with end to end pouch-anal anastomosis in patients over the age of fifty |
| 4 | This study was to examine whether ‘ fit ’ patients over the age of 50 who require elective surgery for ulcerative colitis are suitable candidates for restorative proctocolectomy , providing that they are continent berore operation and that the anal sphincter is preserved in its entirety without stripping of the mucosa or endoanal anastomosis . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Six patients over the age of 50 experienced minor leakage whereas only three patients under the age of 50 experienced such leakage . |
| 7 | That report from the Mayo clinic was mirrored to some extent by the study of Pescatori and Mattana who reported that 45% of patients over the age of 45 experienced faecal soiling , whereas only 24% of patients under 45 years of age did so . |
| 8 | Mean maximal resting anal pressures and maximum squeeze pressures were significantly lower in older people , although the word ‘ older ’ referred to patients over the age of 65 rather than 50 as in this study . |
| 9 | Patients over the age of 50 who are relatively ‘ fit ’ need not be denied the benefits of conservative , sphincter saving surgery . |
| 10 | There were seven patients over the age of 60 who have had a restorative proctocolectomy , one of whom had longstanding polyps and high grade dysplasia ; the rest had ulcerative colitis . |
| 11 | Nine patients over the age of 60 are included in this series . |
| 12 | In previous studies no clearly identifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer have been found except age ( 94% of new colorectal carcinoma occurs in patients over the age of 50 years ) , and family history . |
| 13 | Extrahepatic disorders unrelated to cirrhosis in portal hypertension occur with greater frequency in the elderly : in our experience more than 10% of patients over the age of 65 years with variceal haemorrhage have glucose intolerance requiring treatment with either insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents . |
| 14 | There is a clear-cut favourable benefit-to-risk ratio for thrombolytic treatment of the elderly , but in the USA , patients over the age of 75 are six times less likely to receive such therapy than are younger patients . |