Patients who initially present with scoliosis are examined to determine whether the deformity has an underlying cause.

Patients with keratoconus typically present initially with mild astigmatism and myopia, commonly at the onset of puberty, and are diagnosed by the late teenage years or early 20s.

Patients suspected of having a rotator cuff tear are divided into two treatment groups initially: Each patient is initially a candidate for either operative or non-operative treatment, however patients are re-evaluated throughout the course of treatment and may move from one group to the other based on their clinical response and findings on repeated examination.

Patients with symptomatic isthmic spondylolisthesis are initially offered conservative treatment consisting of activity modification, chiropractic treatment, pharmacological intervention, and a physical therapy consultation.

Patients expected to receive external beam radiation as part of their adjuvant treatment are also commonly considered for delayed autologous reconstruction due to significantly higher complication rates with tissue expander-implant techniques in those patients.

Patients would receive a numeric and letter based score based upon the severity of their disease as found during the hydrodistention.

Patients receive supportive care to ease the symptoms or extend life.

Patients that receive a loss of limbs due to phocomelia are typically treated with prosthetics.

Patients receiving a ureteroscopy may receive a spinal or general anaesthetic.

Patients who are seriously ill but not in immediate danger of life or limb will be triaged to " acute care " or " majors ," where they will be seen by a physician and receive a more thorough assessment and treatment.

Patients under long-term TPN will typically receive a periodic heparin flush to dissolve such clots before they become dangerous.

Patients with bipolar affective disorder should not receive antidepressants whilst in a manic phase, as antidepressants can worsen mania.

Patients using these beds are in an NHS hospital for surgical treatment, and operations are generally carried out in the same operating theatres as NHS work and by the same personnel but the hospital and the physician will receive funding from an insurance company or the patient.

Patients who require additional nursing care are assessed for this ( Hampshire nursing limit 2009 £ 483pw ) and receive additional financial support (£ 103. 80pw ) through the National Health Service ( NHS ); this is known as Funded Nursing Care.

Patients should receive appropriate medical management for this condition.

Patients about to receive chemotherapy for a cancer with a high cell turnover rate, especially lymphomas and leukemias, should receive prophylactic oral or IV allopurinol ( a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, which inhibits uric acid production ) as well as adequate IV hydration to maintain high urine output (> 2. 5 L / day ).

Patients with PVS should receive iron supplementation in their diet.

Patients with anemia or thrombocytopenia may also receive red blood cells and platelets through blood transfusions.

Patients may also receive a hormone to stimulate production of red blood cells.

Patients with COPD who receive excessive supplemental oxygen can develop CO < sub > 2 </ sub > retention, and subsequent hypercapnia.

Note: Patients being treated for neurocysticercosis should receive appropriate steroid and anticonvulsant therapy as required.

Patients presenting with a primary chloroma typically receive systemic chemotherapy, as development of acute leukemia is nearly universal in the short term after detection of the chloroma.

Patients did not receive any antidepressant or anticonvulsant drugs for 2 months before the commencement of the study, however the patients were allowed to take up to 4 mg per day of clonazepam for insomnia, and hydroxyzine of 25 mg 3 times per day during 7 days for the treatment of rash.

Patients in Indiana typically receive a liver after about twenty days on the waiting list.

Patients who receive care at its medical centers are provided Web access to their medical records, secure emailing with doctors and nurses and the ability to fill prescriptions online that are mailed to homes without a shipping charge.

Patients might receive parenteral nutrition ( intravenous feeding via a PICC line ) or enteral nutrition ( via a nasogastric tube or a nasojejunum tube ).

Patients will receive instruction for during the home care and most of the time they receive painkillers that ease the pain caused by the incisions.

Patients assigned to MDC 25 ( HIV Infections ) must have a principal diagnosis of an HIV Infection or a principal diagnosis of a significant HIV related condition and a secondary diagnosis of an HIV Infection.

Patients on the new treatment on average live an extra 3 months, so 1. 25 years in total.

* Booknotes interview with Lisa Belkin on First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital, April 25, 1993.

Patients with carcinoid syndrome usually excrete more than 25 mg of 5-HIAA per day.

Patients already on a ward may be detained under section 5 ( 2 ) for up to 72 hours for the purposes of allowing an assessment to take place for section 2 or 3.

Patients may become unable to perform daily living activities and most require assistive devices within 5 to 10 years of symptom onset.

Patients in stages 4 and 5 usually require preparation of the patient towards active treatment in order to survive. Stage 5 CKD is considered a severe illness and requires some form of renal replacement therapy ( dialysis ) or kidney transplant whenever feasible.

Patients taking DDAVP are 4. 5 times more likely to stay dry than those taking a placebo.

Patients wearing soft contact lenses are instructed to stop wearing them 5 to 21 days before surgery.

Patients with a variant allele of CYP2C19 are 1. 5 to 3. 5 times more likely to die or have complications than patients with the high-functioning allele.

Coburn co-authored the Patients Choice Act of 2009 ( S. 1099 ), a Republican plan for Health care reform in the United States, which purported to 1 ) prevent disease and promote healthier lifestyles, 2 ) create affordable and accessible health insurance options, 3 ) equalize the tax treatment of health care, 4 ) modernize the Medicaid and Medicare beneficiary choice, 5 ) ensure compensation for injured patients and 6 ) establish transparency in health care price and quality.

Patients may feel well in between pseudogout attacks, and 5 % present with pseudo-rheumatoid symptoms.

* Modesty Gowns for Female Patients, BBC, 5 September 2006

Patients who have undergone the procedure frequently complain of compensatory sweating and fatigue, with around 5 % reconsidering getting the treatment.

Patients on frequent daytime hemodialysis have done well on short sessions ( 1. 5 hours ) given 6 times per week, although this would total 9 hours per week, and is fewer hours per week than most patients being dialyzed 3 / week.

Patients are advised to drink large amounts of fluids after treatment to prevent damage to the bladder and kidneys, typically 1. 5 to 3. 5 liters of water on the day of treatment and for several days after.