acute phase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacuteandphase
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acute
adjective
uk/əˈkjuːt/us/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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phase
noun[C]
uk/feɪz/us/feɪz/
any stage in a series of events or in a process ...
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(Definition ofacuteandphasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofacute phase
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In the control group noacutephaseresponse was detected.
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Surgery was not undertaken in theacutephase.
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Prostaglandins are, of course, invaluable in theacutephase.
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All patients were admitted to this hospital inacutephaseand echocardiographies performed twice a week.
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This response might facilitate the elimination of abnormal cells, particularly in itsacutephase.
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Routine laboratory examinations, including analysis ofacutephasereactants, revealed no abnormalities.
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Five were excluded because theacutephasewas not treated at this institution.
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This was not explained by symptom severity during theacutephase.
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These negative appraisals at theacutephasemight have residual influence on distress, even after discharge.
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Randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behaviour therapy in early schizophrenia :acutephaseoutcomes.
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Patients continued to take the same mood stabilizer that they had received during theacutephase.
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In theacutephase, steroids have been extensively employed in the treatment of the carditis.
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Thus, theacutephasemay be prolonged and overlap with both latent and obstructive phases.
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These have included male infants younger than 1 year of age; prolonged or recurred fever; and elevatedacutephasereactants.
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In polyarthropathies, elevatedacutephasereactants are again not diagnostic but are useful for assessing response to therapy.
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Negative appraisals during theacutephasewere quite prominent, with an item mean comparable to the ' moderately worried ' rating.
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Social-interpersonal functioning is improved afteracutephasecognitive therapy and maintained in responders over 2 years.
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Another possibility is that an 8-weekacutephasetreatment is not sufficient time to improve negative attributional style.
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Theacutephaseis favoured when dr/dt is positive and the chronic phase is favoured when it is negative.
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