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ill-usage
noun
Bad, cruel or unkind treatment
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Williams succinctly distils the essence of the story, maintaining its most memorable elements – Oliver's "greed", his grievous ill-usage, the charismatic bad'uns he falls among, and his eventual salvation.
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Another, even clearer example of an ill-considered usage came early in the new year from a reader: "Today's headline, 'Dozens killed in stampede at Shanghai celebration' (front page of the website, 1 January) has the strapline, 'At least 36 people die, including 25 women, in Shanghai waterfront new year crush'.
And yet it is also precisely for these reasons that genius at chess tends to lead to a self-image ill-fitted for everyday usage.
Additionally, midazolam accumulates in critically ill patients; with prolonged usage, the half-life of the terminal phase can be three to eight times the reported half-life of two to six hours [ 38].
In medical anthropology, studies explore aspects of the culture that relate to health, illness and disease; from explanatory models of ill health; stigmatisation; and health practitioners usage and practice through to reasons for compliance with treatment [ 47- 49].
In analogy to the way we handle antibiotic usage in the critically ill, it is now time for fluid stewardship.
With their reduced immune status and increased antibiotic usage in ICUs, critically ill patients are vulnerable to nosocomial infections [ 37].
(It should also be noted that, in general usage, the term "eco-city" is ill-defined, and that despite China's plans to establish hundreds of them, it's not actually clear what constitutes the status "eco").
The prevalence and impact of antimicrobial "allergy" labels and Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) on antibiotic usage and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives is ill defined.
Secondary outcomes included absences from daycare or school because of illness and missed parental work because of child being ill, days with diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, constipation, runny nose, cough, decreasing appetite, fever, medication usage, or rash.
We know albumin is 'safe' [ 2] but we do not know whether its usage confers an additional benefit in our critically ill patients, and in fairness the authors do not make any extravagant claims.
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