Sentence examples for test dose from inspiring English sources

Utility of the anesthetic test dose to avoid catastrophic injury during cervical transforaminal epidural injections.

But few if any of these studies administered the test dose on an empty stomach and monitored the biochemical response.

A modification of the test involves the substitution of a test dose of glucagon for epinephrine (glucagon tolerance test).

Because of the difficulty interpreting a negative test dose, the use of test dosing should remain discretionary (Evidence B4).

When a test dose was given before bupivacaine, 0.125%, fewer women walked within 1 h of block placement.

When the test dose is small (i.e. 1%–15% of the given dose) this carry-over of charge dominates the signal arising from the test dose.

Then, after a test dose to check that I wasn't allergic, I took a gel-capped extract of the rootbark powder.

Subutex, buprenorphine only, will also be available primarily as an initial test dose.

Routine use of the anesthetic test dose is one such method.

The use of a test dose in epidural anaesthesia is a safety recommendation.

For example, it noted that some proponents of assisted suicide suggest giving patients a "test dose" before the suicide, to assess their tolerance for the medication.