Sentence examples for Symptom-directed from inspiring English sources

There are still few specific relevant studies on the CET population and many of the neuropharmacological strategies used has been extrapolated from other clinical populations with similar functional deficits, so that the pharmacological management has principally been symptom-directed and of empirical and trial-error character rather than a scientifically based one.

There is the sharing of facts, or symptom reports, as when Marvin says, "It hurts when I reach down". And there are revelations of the speaker's state of mind, as when Marvin says, "I'm unhappy that I can't sit in my chair for long at work, which means I'm not getting much accomplished". But even in a symptom-directed 15-minute visit, office talk is complicated.

Having compared IVF and PGD with traditional symptom-directed therapeutics, let's move on to capital G/ capital T Gene Therapy; in other words, treating existing patients with agents that replace the abnormal genes, swapping an abnormal gene for a normal version.

Interested potential volunteers were administered a brief screening questionnaire and symptom-directed examination prior to enrollment.

34 Patients with pain or severe paresthesias may require symptom-directed pharmacotherapy.

However, there is no clear evidence of any survival benefit of treating as asymptomatic recurrence compared with symptom-directed recurrences.

Perhaps a study comparing symptom directed management with current guidance would be suitably placed to answer this question.

However, symptom directed investigations may be undertaken at any time point.

An earlier switch from active (disease directed) treatment to comfort (symptom directed) treatment would shorten the course of chemotherapy.

Although a clear Troyer syndrome diagnosis is difficult to reach in young subjects due to the variability and mildness of their symptoms, direct comparison of clinical features showed that the Omani cohort closely resembled the age-matched Amish Troyer syndrome group (Amish I), suggesting that SPG20 null mutations cause a well-defined phenotype.

Many "effective" medications have only a marginal effect on disease processes or symptoms, and direct comparisons between competing treatments have been rare.