An extraordinary story, this: during treatment, one regular patient, known as "Pops", spoke of the recent death of his wife.
I wouldn't have done that if it were a regular patient, because one neurosurgeon could do the operation.
He continued to provide regular patient care at Massachusetts General until 1986 and made cardiology rounds at the hospital until a few months ago.
Detectives said the clinic director verified Roberts was a regular patient at the clinic, but he had no record of Roberts ever being pregnant.
Appropriate patient selection, optimal construct design, and regular patient follow-up are essential to optimize outcome while limiting complications with this treatment modality.
If the emergency room is backed up, a regular patient may be upgraded, he added: "Bump 'em up to Business, as we say".
"I never thought I would be able to say good morning to the mayor on Christmas, let alone get a bike from the mayor," said Michael, who has diabetes and has been a regular patient at Kings County Hospital Center.
In keeping with the pledge to treat Mr. Cheney as a regular patient, Dr. Reiner told Dr. Brian Rah, who was training as a fellow to become a cardiologist, to begin the procedure as he usually did on anyone else.
When Dr. Jonathan S. Reiner began examining Dick Cheney in a coronary care unit here early in the morning of Nov. 22, he told the Republican vice-presidential candidate that he would treat him like a regular patient.
Although Dr. Reiner's team treated Mr. Cheney as a regular patient, the experience was extraordinary for the doctors and hospital staff who had to work with Secret Service agents looking over their shoulder.
This was a prospective observational cohort study, in which regular patient care was provided.
