I can find references to a guarded prognosis--but no explanation. Answer: ; Susan is correct. In actual use, the permanent status "guarded prognosis" means it's not looking angelic, but it's not totally hopeless yet.
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Don't use big words ... Ivy is at the Emergency Vet tonight. She puked Monday morning at 4 am. Between the time that my inlaws went out for the day (1030 am) and when Shawn came home from work (530 pm), she had thrown up 4 or 5 more times. ... Prognosis: Still guarded...
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People affected by cancer want information about their prognosis but clinicians have trouble estimating and talking about it. ... There was no further specification of what 'similar stage of cancer and prognostic factors' meant. Participating oncologists understood that the 'length of time 50% would survive (i.e.
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Phrases such as "poor prognosis" and "guarded condition" should be discarded because they are deceptive and avoidant terms that are often used to misrepresent the fact that a patient is dying.
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And now when it comes to providing an opinion as to how this patient is likely to respond to treatment, the doctor, at best, can only offer a guarded prognosis! I always believed one primary objective when treating patients was to improve the quality of their lives.
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Her prognosis is guarded. My office will provide records upon receipt of a signed parental consent to release information. ... Last night I asked her if she realized what it all meant and she said "Yeah, she won't grow out of it and is uncontrollable." So I know she knows, now if only I can get more support and comfort from...
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Guest Comment: Iraq Prognosis ; A canny Vietnam veteran wrote me the below but requested that it be posted without attribution. I thought it well worth sharing. ... Prognosis: Firstly, the current 'George' is the 3rd, following GHW and George Washington. This is interesting from the standpoint that there was another...
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a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis] ... Search another word or see medical prognosis on Thesaurus | Reference ... What is meant by pr...
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Tampa Bay's news, shopping and information source brought to you by the St. Petersburg Times and tbt*. ... "At this present time, he states his prognosis remains guarded," Jones wrote in her Sept. 26 addendum. "He states that this young man most likely will spend the remainder of his life in a nursing home."
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Dr. Schmotzer’s prognosis was guarded. Even if granulation tissue were minimized, the extensive amount of scar tissue would be cosmetically unsightly and thick enough to possibly limit the range of motion in his hocks. ... It was then that I realized what Shadow meant to me. Shadow was a year-and-a-half Saddlebred...
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