Converse of object

• treat: Patients treated with rivastigmine improved across a wide range of symptoms.

• refer: However, most referred patients did not see a physician.

• admit: Further analyzes are being conducted to determine the cost effectiveness of CT scanning in patients not admitted to hospital.

Modifies a noun

• care: Her idea was to create a framework for delivery of high quality patient care.

• leaflet: The guidelines are accompanied by a new patient leaflet on multiple births.

• satisfaction: The aim of this paper was to evaluate patient satisfaction with the service.

Adjective modifier

• elderly: Elderly Patients with Mental Health Difficulties: The above will also apply here.

• diabetic: Design: Randomized controlled study of high-risk diabetic patients.

• ill: Research suggests children can cope with seeing ill patients in ICU.

• obese: References: The use of metformin to augment the induction of ovulation in obese infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Preposition: with

• epilepsy: This will aid our understanding of why some patients with epilepsy have problems with developing speech and language.

• cancer: A total of 217 patients with untreated bladder cancer were evaluated, using fresh bladder tumor specimens.

• diabetes: We undertook a countywide satisfaction survey for patients with diabetes in 2002.

• ulcer: Ulcers usually last 7 to 10 days. However, patients with recurrent ulcers may find they take up to six weeks to heal.

• disease: Patients with sickle cell disease are treated at The Royal London.

• hypertension: This latter statement particularly applies to patients with significant pulmonary hypertension.

Noun used with modifier

• cancer: This is a natural reaction by anyone, not only cancer patients.

• stroke: He emphasized that the diagnosis of stroke patients was often wrong and that early intervention and rehabilitation can make a significant difference to outcome.

• NHS: Indeed, for many items in band 3 the private fee will be less than the NHS patient charge.

• transplant: HIV-positive when their CD4+ count falls below 200 per µl and lung transplant patients.