acute event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacuteandevent
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acute
adjective
uk/əˈkjuːt/us/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofacuteandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofacute event
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This was an example of a resident who, seemingly stable, suddenly had anacuteevent, a stroke, which meant she was expected to die.
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Most unilateral deprivation studies depend on eye patching, which is anacuteevent.
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This may result in a clinical lacunar syndrome, or frequently may not even manifest as anacuteevent.
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We presume that theacuteeventhad been treated 1 year previously, and she had also received prophylactic antibiotics after cardiac catheterization in our hospital.
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An exacerbation of any underlying pathology, or anacuteeventof any sort can have a dramatic effect on function.
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If hyperglycaemia is first noted in a setting of acute stress such as hospital admission, a period of four to six weeks after theacuteeventis recommended before testing.
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Can be used to treat cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, ischemic heart diseases and treatment of myocardial infarction after theacuteevent.
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Finally, 12.7% failed to recognize that calling 911 was the appropriate first response to these acute events.
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Nevertheless, undoubtedly, some disorders do have an acute onset, and there is the possibility that acute events play a catalytic role in timing.
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Ongoing life events are likely to be more stressful than acute events.
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Symptoms or complications (high cost, acute events) should be avoidable or controllable through appropriate interventions, such that patient outcomes can be improved and/or costs controlled (7;21).
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I think the minds of men are much more disturbed by acute events than they are by the chronic diseases to which they have long become accustomed.
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