work-up
work-up
Definition
work·-up (-up′)
noun
- a complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
- Printing an unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material
work up
Synonyms
work-up
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- patient: By being involved in the examination and work-up of patients, students will learn the skills of client communication, history taking and diagnosis.
Converse of object
- cover: There are also two flow charts, also known as decision trees, covering work-up and treatment guidelines.
Adjective modifier
- diagnostic: If patients receive any additional tests that are not part of a normal diagnostic work-up then they must give written, informed consent.
- metastatic: If one suspects metastatic disease, a complete metastatic work-up must be done prior to surgery to prevent unnecessary surgery.
- presurgical: It is current practice at Great Ormond Street to use a predominantly non-invasive presurgical work-up, and the following outlines our current investigation protocol.
- detailed: Once stable, a detailed clinical work-up can be carried out.
- non-invasive: It is current practice at Great Ormond Street to use a predominantly non-invasive presurgical work-up, and the following outlines our current investigation protocol.
Modifies a noun
- period: After its work-up period, the Squadron moved to Yorkshire and took up Home Defense duties with its BE2Cs.
Noun used with modifier
- health: This type of methodical examination is described in detail on the fish health work-up pages.
- fish: This type of methodical examination is described in detail on the fish health work-up pages.
- laboratory: Once heparin is started, the laboratory work-up of an abnormal aPTT is difficult.
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