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- noun Plural form of
contraindication .
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Examples
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New exclusion criteria (known as contraindications) and instructions for patient monitoring have been added to the WinRho (R) SDF prescribing information.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Among other "contraindications" for taking potassium chloride as medicine are these: kidney disease; Addison's disease; stomach ulcer or intestinal blockage; and chronic diarrhea.
What does Coca Cola's Dasani bottled water have in common with Death by Lethal Injection? 2007
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The FDA-approved label may also include "contraindications" and
Colloquy : Northwestern University Law Review Northwestern University Law Review 2009
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"contraindications" for its use -- doses may need to be adjusted if the patient has kidney disease, for example, and its safety during pregnancy "has not been established," Kidd said.
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The basic point of this statement (co-signed by a number of prominent Canadian Kinesiologists and Exercise Physiologists) is that because many overweight and obese individuals are at an increased risk of various co-morbidities, including cardiovascular disease, it is imperative that exercise professionals involved in treating such individuals have a clear knowledge of the absolute and relative contraindications to exercise for patients with obesity.
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Access sites; contraindications to enteral feeding; and feeding selections/indications, such as breast milk, donor breast milk, breast milk fortification and infant formula selection
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The absolute contraindications for laparoscopic surgery include uncorrectable coagulopathy, intestinal obstruction, abdominal wall infection, and suspected malignant ascites.
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Urologic Conditions in Children 2010
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For each procedure, the fellow should possess a working knowledge of indications, preoperative evaluation and medication adjustments, contraindications, complications, postoperative management and expected outcome:
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The relative contraindications include morbid obesity, extensive prior abdominal or pelvic surgery, ascites, pregnancy, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and severe cardiac arrhythmias or heart disease.
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Urologic Conditions in Children 2010
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You are crazy not to get it unless you have overt contraindications (egg allergy, immunocompromised, etc ...).
CNN Poll: Majority of adult Americans don't want H1N1 flu shot 2009
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