Sentence examples for aggressive procedures from inspiring English sources

Many patients prefer not to have invasive and aggressive procedures, but health-care professionals insist.

They're trained to act; do-not-resuscitate orders or patients' distaste for aggressive procedures prevent them from acting.

Late Wednesday, a Medicare spokesman said in a statement: "Protecting taxpayer dollars is our top priority and we have implemented aggressive procedures to hold providers accountable.

In either case they can lead to aggressive procedures to clarify the diagnosis or provide treatment, which themselves can be harmful.

Dr. Lynn said that rather than depending solely on pieces of paper to make their wishes known, patients must talk with their families and doctors about their illnesses, about what was likely to happen to them with or without various treatments and about their hopes and fears regarding death and aggressive procedures.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will announce in his State of the State Message this week that every hospital in New York must adopt aggressive procedures for identifying sepsis in patients, including the use of a countdown clock to begin treatment within an hour of spotting it, a state official said.

Emma Gray, head of clinical trials at the MS Society, said: "This treatment does offer hope, but it's also an aggressive procedure that comes with substantial risks and requires specialist aftercare.

She had consulted a gynecologist and a surgeon, both of whom had recommended an aggressive procedure to remove the ovaries and the surrounding tissue — a scorched-earth operation with many long-term consequences.

More and more doctors are now using an extremely aggressive procedure to treat certain colorectal and ovarian cancers called Hipec, in which patients first undergo surgery to remove any visible cancer, then have heated chemotherapy pumped into the abdominal cavity for 90 minutes to kill any remaining cells.

When used to treat small kidney tumors, radical nephrectomy -- the more aggressive procedure -- has been shown to increase the risk of developing chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular complications, while partial nephrectomy has less risk of progressive kidney disease and has equal cancer free survival.

Hyaluronic acid injection in the knee is considered an alternative to surgery and drug therapy and has a positive image because it is thought to be a less aggressive procedure.