The phrase "aimed at acute" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a focus on acute issues or conditions, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The new policy is aimed at acute healthcare challenges faced by the community."
Alternatives: "targeted at urgent" or "focused on critical".
Viren Mehta, an industry expert, speculates that although new drugs will always carry unknown risks, the regulatory burden might prove lighter for those aimed at specific, acute conditions (as opposed to ongoing maladies like diabetes).
Empirical data and an acceptability assessment were used to develop a self-management intervention aimed at preventing acute to chronic pain transition after major lower extremity trauma (i.e., iPACT-E-Trauma).
In fact, a partnership between Emory and the National Cancer Institute -- supported by CURE funds -- has resulted in the testing of a new drug aimed at pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Various transitional care programs aimed at reducing acute hospital utilization have been developed.
In Tanzania, oral health services are mostly in the form of dental extractions aimed at alleviating acute dental pain.
Identification of its targets and precise mechanisms might open future avenues for development of therapies aimed at both acute RA symptoms and chronic structural changes.
We have designed a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effect of a warm-up program aimed at preventing acute knee injury in adolescent female football.
With increasing evidence that systemic glucose variability is deleterious to critically ill neurological patients, strategies aimed at minimizing acute fluctuations may play a role in glycemic control protocols in the Neurological ICU.
To improve outcome, interventions aimed at preventing acute organ failure in early critical illness may be better than those used to treat established organ failure An at-risk population exists in ICU and this population can be enrolled in future prevention trials.
Despite tremendous research efforts by basic and clinical scientists, to date the only effective therapeutic measures are early revascularization [mostly by systemic thrombolysis using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA)] and supportive care aimed at reducing acute complications (stroke unit concept, craniectomy) (Donnan et al., 2008).
