medical intervention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmedicalandintervention
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medical
adjective
uk/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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intervention
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈven.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈven.ʃən/
the action of becoming intentionally involved in a difficult situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandinterventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Neithermedicalinterventionnor surgery are curative.
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Measuring the effect ofmedicalintervention.
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But what about the pregnant woman who actively seeksmedicalinterventionto benefit her foetus?
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Controlled studies provide a vital indication of the effectiveness of amedicalintervention.
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As said earlier, these acts are accepted as refusals ofmedicalintervention.
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Because there was no hope of survival without thismedicalintervention, the infant's life was prolonged.
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In short, diabetes is perceived to be more serious when intensemedicalinterventionis required.
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It need be accepted solely as a refusal ofmedicalintervention.
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After all, these are predominantly what lead tomedicalinterventionand to hospitalization.
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Surgical treatment of acute appendicitis is a highly successfulmedicalintervention.
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A much stronger case for the importance ofmedicalinterventioncan be made in relation to maternal mortality.
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These factors include increases in multiple births and advanced maternal age, and late preterm births driven bymedicalintervention.
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That professionally qualified physicians are prepared to offer invasive procedures may encourage ambivalent patients to submit tomedicalintervention.
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For example, physicians honor a patient's refusal ofmedicalinterventioneven when doing so leads to the patient's death.
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Finally, the key to solving this particular dilemma, the goals ofmedicalintervention, should be carefully considered.
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Alternatively, ifmedicalinterventioncan ameliorate the disease, such as haemophilia, the increasing burden becomes economic rather than social.
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In adults the disease is self-limiting in most instances whilemedicalinterventionis required more often for children.
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Retrospective recall of falls in elderly people, including those that have not requiredmedicalintervention, is unreliable.
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There appeared to be a strong association between themedicalinterventionof insulin and the syringe, and perceptions of seriousness.
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Many patients manage their condition withoutmedicalintervention.
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Further research on socio-economic factors and health should bring a better understanding of causal relationships and even offer possibilities of social andmedicalintervention.
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