What's the difference between accurate and careful?

Accurate


Definition:

  • (a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
  • (a.) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
  • (2) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
  • (3) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
  • (4) The amino acid pools in Chinese hamster lung V79 cells were measured as a function of time during hyperthermic exposure at 40.5 degrees and 45.0 degrees C. Sixteen of the 20 protein amino acids were present in sufficient quantity to measure accurately.
  • (5) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
  • (6) Although MR imaging can accurately show high-grade chondromalacia patellae, it is less accurate in the detection of low-grade disease.
  • (7) Fastidious microorganisms were accurately detected on C agar as well as on BA+MK.
  • (8) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
  • (9) The proposed method appears to offer a more consistently accurate means of measuring EDV than previously suggested ultrasound methods.
  • (10) Our experience shows that the most accurate indications are provided by acoustic stapedius reflex, brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and vestibular investigation.
  • (11) An accurate and reproducible method is described for generating a map of the cobalt sheet source from images of it made in multiple positions with the scintillation camera.
  • (12) The index estimated the probability of infection more accurately (p less than 0.01) than did clinicians, performed well in each site, and remained accurate when C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae were considered separately.
  • (13) Second, is it possible - by combining the two technologies of endoscopy and computers - to provide an individual patient with a short-term prognostic prediction sufficiently accurate to affect patient management.
  • (14) Validation studies, to show that the method is precise, accurate and rectilinear, have been carried out on four linctus formulations and two pastille formulations.
  • (15) A more accurate fit of T1 data using a modified Lipari and Szabo approach indicates that internal fast motions dominate the T1 relaxation in glycogen.
  • (16) The quantitative method used for determination of HBDH is reliable, accurate, simple and rapid and therefore has better value in a clinical setting than electrophoresis and adsorption techniques which are laborious and time consuming.
  • (17) REA is stable, sensitive, accurate and reproducible.
  • (18) These tests are considered to be less accurate than blood test.
  • (19) In-situ hybridisation for CMV-DNA provides an accurate and rapid diagnosis of CMV infection, and allows specific antiviral therapy to be used earlier.
  • (20) Interexaminer reliability studies indicate that a standard method of motion palpation is quite feasible and accurate.

Careful


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of care; anxious; solicitous.
  • (a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.
  • (a.) Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The role of the family practitioner in antenatal care is discussed.
  • (2) Patients with normal echocardiogram and ECG on admission do not require intensive care monitoring.
  • (3) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
  • (4) A change in the pattern of care of children with IDDM, led to a pronounced decrease in hospital use by this patient group.
  • (5) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
  • (6) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (7) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
  • (8) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (9) Suggested is a carefully prepared system of cycling videocassettes, to effect the dissemination of current medical information from leading medical centers to medical and paramedical people in the "bush".
  • (10) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
  • (11) Community involvement is a key element of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach, and thus an essential topic on a course for managers of Primary Health Care programmes.
  • (12) These findings raise questions regarding the efficacy of medical school curriculum in motivating career choices in primary care.
  • (13) Careful attention must be given to antibiotic choice as well as the dose and duration of therapy.
  • (14) However, used effectively, credit can help you to make the most of your money - so long as you are careful!
  • (15) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
  • (16) This article reviews the care of the chest-injured patient during the intensive care unit phase of his or her recovery.
  • (17) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
  • (18) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
  • (19) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
  • (20) Our results underline the importance of patient-related factors in MVR, and indicate that care is needed in comparing the quality of MVR from different institutions with respect to mortality and morbidity.