hypertensive patient

collocation in English

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hypertensive
adjective
uk
/ˌhaɪ.pəˈten.sɪv/
us
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈten.sɪv/
having or relating to increased pressure, for example high ...
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patient
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
a person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist ...
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In 1984, we used timesequential analysis to evaluate the impact of the introduction of 10 percent copayments on the visit rate of hypertensive patients (3).
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Statins are also recommended for use in hypertensive patients complicated by cardiovascular disease.
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Unfortunately, the large-scale clinical trials necessary to show benefit in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality have not been done in elderly hypertensive patients.
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Few data are available for its use in preterm, emergency, labouring or hypertensive patients, or in cases where there is preexisting fetal compromise.
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Hypertensive patients had a 'minimal area' value that was higher than controls.
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Hypertension in older adults and provided additional information to aid our management of elderly hypertensive patients.
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For example, one practice with one of the lowest prevalence rates for hypertension in 1996 responded by searching written records to ' nd' missing hypertensive patients.
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In the hypertensive patients with complications, it was 19.9 ($166) and 19.2 ($160), respectively, with no significant change.
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Debate continues as to the value of screening for and treating hyperlipidaemia in hypertensive patients over the age of 75 years.
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How are we to determine whether dietary interventions do more good than harm to hypertensive patients?.
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Potassium supplementation reduces clinic and ambulatory blood pressure in elderly hypertensive patients.
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There has been much debate as to the potential effect of calcium antagonists on morbidity and mortality in hypertensive patients.
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The hypertrophic response in hypertensive patients is more common and probably develops during the latent phase of the disease.
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Rheumatic conditions affected almost one-fifth of the respondents, followed by 14.5% hypertensive patients.
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