hospitalized patient
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhospitalizeandpatient
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hospitalize
verb[T usually passive]
uk/ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl.aɪz/us/ˈhɑː.spɪ.t̬əl.aɪz/
to take someone to hospital and keep them there ...
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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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(Definition ofhospitalizeandpatientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Diagnosing depression in thehospitalizedpatientwith chronic medical illness.
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Assuming labour costs of $70 000 per nurse and that 50 % of pathway patients are hospitalized, the clinical pathway cost perhospitalizedpatientis approximately $95.
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Hospitalized patients usually have fairly good access to echocardiography, whereas community-based elderly patients, particularly those with mobility problems, may have more limited access to investigations.
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Identification of factors associated with the diagnosis of delirium in elderly hospitalized patients.
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For all hospitalized patients, discharge summaries were reviewed.
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Colonization rates may be much higher than that in hospitalized patients and in newborns.
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In hospitalized patients poor venous access may make intravenous infusions difficult.
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When severe hypoglycemia has persisted in ahospitalizedpatient, the amount of glucose required to maintain satisfactory blood glucose levels becomes an important clue to the underlying etiology.
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However, among hospitalized patients, we found that 42.4% of cellulitis cases involved the lower extremities and 15.5% the upper extremities.
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These patterns may provide useful clues to the pathogenesis and therapy of this often fatal syndrome which is a major ongoing problem for hospitalized patients.
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Of the 40 hospitalized patients, 8 of the 21 tested had laboratory-confirmed influenza and 26 had pneumonia.
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Hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation and a high risk of stroke are not being provided with adequate anticoagulation.
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The age of the hospitalized patients did not differ significantly from that of non-hospitalized children.
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Validity of anthropometric norms used in the assessment of hospitalized patients.
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Water was brought in each day by trucks from supply areas 12 hours away (l0-15 liters/person/day in the camp and 50-60 liters/hospitalizedpatient/day).
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Hospitalized patients pay a daily lump sum for drug use within the hospital, in addition to the price per package (most of which is reimbursed).
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In addition to being costly, such inappropriate use may contribute to the increasing incidence of bacterial resistance in hospitalized patients (9;15).
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