initial treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandtreatment
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofinitialandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Factors that contribute to delay in theinitialtreatmentof psychosis.
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Initialtreatmentshould usually be conservative and surgery reserved for when this treatment fails.
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Depression in old age frequently fails to respond toinitialtreatment.
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Whereas dissonances were previously avoided in theinitialtreatment, they are now omnipresent.
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Theinitialtreatmentplan calculations are verified independently through a primary and a secondary check, performed by different staff categories.
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Patients over 60 years are at significant risk of neurotoxicity and, therefore, should probably receive chemotherapy alone asinitialtreatment.
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Initialtreatmentis with steroids; other immune modifying drugs such as cyclophosphamide may be added, depending on response.
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Access to secondary specialist referral immediately or due to failure ofinitialtreatmentand management should be available.
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We have made concessions oninitialtreatment.
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They cover theinitialtreatmentand storage allowable.
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All external beam treatments in this centre undergo a primary and a secondary check prior to, or in conjunction with, theinitialtreatmentfraction.
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Althoughinitialtreatmenteffects were evident, no differences between treated and untreated children were found by 2-year posttreatment follow-up.
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This description will enable the reader to be able to follow every patient from theinitialtreatmentto the end of the study period.
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This means thatinitialtreatmentusually needs to be the construction of a systemic-pulmonary arterial shunt, which is usually required in very early life.
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Survival and life-quality gains are also described after a second series of treatments when the effects ofinitialtreatmentare insufficient.
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Patients with persistent (initialtreatmentineffective) or recurrent symptoms during the time period were considered symptomatic failures, independent of the outcome of subsequent therapies.
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Positive effects from chemotherapy are also documented for a second series of palliative treatments when the effects ofinitialtreatmentare insufficient.
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The high ratio of near misses per actual error demonstrates an effective error prevention system, independent of the quality of theinitialtreatmentpreparation.
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate long-term outcome and prognosis in an anorexic sample 21 years after theinitialtreatment.
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No correlation could be found and therefore no conclusions drawn as to why theinitialtreatmentfailed to control tumour growth.
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To prevent a thrombus from becoming larger,initialtreatmentinvolves injection of anticoagulants, that is, unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin.
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The authors concluded that lamotrigine could be regarded as an acceptable choice ofinitialtreatment for elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
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Patients with a diagnosis of critical pulmonary stenosis were excluded from the study, mainly on the basis of their present suitability forinitialtreatmentby interventional catheterization techniques.
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