antenatal clinic

collocation in English

meaningsofantenatalandclinic

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antenatal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌæn.tiˈneɪ.təl/us
/ˌæn.tiˈneɪ.t̬əl/
relating to the medical care given to pregnant women before their babies ...
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clinic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈklɪn.ɪk/us
/ˈklɪn.ɪk/
a building, often part of a hospital, to which people can go for medical care or advice relating to a ...
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(Definition ofantenatalandclinicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A control group consisted of 100 married women taken at random from pregnant women attending theantenatalclinicof the same hospital.
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These data are derived from a study which involved qualitative, face-to-face interviews with sixty women who had recently attended anantenatalclinic.
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For each outcome, curves for theantenatalclinic, day unit and day ambulatory blood pressures were superimposed.
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The relationships between these obstetric outcomes andantenatalclinic, mean day care unit, and mean daytime automated blood pressures of !
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For example, suppose a general practice is making a decision between using scarce resources on improving either theantenatalclinic(mostly younger patients) or the diabetic clinic (mostly older patients).
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Blood pressure measurement in theantenatalclinicwas again not standardised by technique or observer and, as such, re-ected current clinical practice.
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Our group compared the blood pressure measurements obtained with conventional sphygmomanometry in theantenatalclinicand obstetric day unit with those of automated monitoring in predicting obstetric outcome.
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For this investigation, the relevant data were: year of birth, recalled age at menarche, and stature, measured either in theantenatalclinicor (less frequently) on admission as an in-patient.
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These all reported to theantenatalclinicwithin a month or two of the wedding, being 5 months or more pregnant by the time of booking.
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Amniotic fluid samples may be taken at anyantenatalclinicwith access to ultra sound facilities.
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There is also anantenatalclinic, which is most important.
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Indeed, a two-hour wait is common at theantenatalclinic.
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Antenatalcliniccontinuity will be reduced, resulting in women not knowing their named midwife.
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The range of out-patient clinics for all the main acute specialties would be increased and improved and would include for the first time anantenatalclinic.
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Suggestions for access to the education sessions included through child health clinics, childcare centres, pediatricians and antenatal clinics.
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Differential uptake of a smoking cessation programme disseminated to doctors and midwives in antenatal clinics.
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Teenage antenatal clinics may reduce the rate of preterm birth: a prospective study.
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