In the past we have all treated our share of uncooperative patients."

She had finally returned to her uncle's house but still came every day to help care for the increasingly uncooperative patient.

Tess was using the same manner on me that she reserved for uncooperative patients.

Another issue discussed was the detention of uncooperative patients to force them to take antituberculosis drugs.

An uncooperative patient or a coagulation disorder that can not be corrected are absolute contraindications.

In uncooperative patients, the skin wrinkle test offers a pain-free way to identify denervation of the fingers.

Antwone is initially an uncooperative patient but eventually begins to talk about his early life and finally admits that he needs to find his family.

"We can now relax with the confidence the IV will stay put and this uncooperative patient will not go wandering off."

Often the services performed by patient representatives help speed recovery and transform cranky, uncooperative patients into people who participate effectively in their own care.

Other cities confine uncooperative patients.

"Now, Mr. McGraw, you know how'we deal with uncooperative patients.

General anesthesia is recommended for children, traumatic eye injuries with cataract, for very apprehensive or uncooperative patients and animals.

Doctors and other healthcare providers also struggle with interviewing difficult or uncooperative patients, as well as giving undesirable medical news to patients and their families.

Uncooperative patients or patients with arthritis or joint deformities are often more difficult to relocate and other methods of shoulder reduction can be utilized.

Health officials say no hospital wants to treat such chronically uncooperative patients and it is easy to see why: More than 70 percent are either drug or alcohol abusers.

One city hospital official said that with the press of patients at city hospitals, doctors were less likely to ask that uncooperative patients be kept against their will.

Practically, it may be difficult to lodge the sensor securely under the tongue in uncooperative patients, thereby preventing equilibration with tissue P CO 2 [ 27].

Mr. Smith was considered a difficult and uncooperative patient, but the records do not show that he specifically requested commitment to a locked psychiatric ward or that doctors suggested the possibility to him.

The Centers for Disease Control recommends a complete overhaul of New York's tuberculosis control program, including providing automobiles to health workers in order to expand their supervision of uncooperative patients.

One victim on the ground is often designated as "the crazy one," a demanding, uncooperative patient whose job is to distract the medic from more serious cases or from dangers lurking in the field.

Whether it is a snapping at an uncooperative patient or making a cruel joke about them after leaving the room, the impact of these "coping mechanisms" (as they are considered to be by many) must be taken into account.

But much more is needed, including a long-term care facility for very sick or uncooperative patients, housing for homeless TB victims, and more outreach workers to track down infected individuals and make sure they take their medicine every day.

Quarantining Patients Dr. Hamburg said the task force may recommend the establishment of a centralized hospital setting for quarantining uncooperative patients who need long-term care and a series of smaller residences for those needing short-term care.

Dr. John A. Sbarbaro, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, who had Dr. Cohn's job several years ago, defends the imprisonment of the most uncooperative patients.

He was all too aware that until the court came to a decision he could not interfere in the proper medical treatment of Mrs. Umlauf, and he knew medical testimony in court would probably support what Nurse Grimes had done as legitimate procedure when dealing with an uncooperative patient.