(v. t.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study demonstrates that 1) complete AV block is not a contraindication to the Fontan operation, 2) some patients may not require AV synchrony postoperatively for survival, and 3) postoperative atrial flutter or fibrillation may cease or be easier to control after the Fontan operation.
(2) Primary vaccination should be carried out as early as possible, while strictly observing the contraindications.
(3) In addition to the well established contra-indications to use, a past history of pelvic inflammatory disease or ectopic pregnancy, promiscuity, nulliparity and age less than 25 are now considered relative contraindications.
(4) In conclusion, this study does not establish any indication or any contraindication in terms of hepatic histopathology with the possible exception of hepatic venous thrombosis for the use of oral testosterone treatment in men with alcoholic cirrhosis.
(5) This result contraindicates a general permissive-requisite role for forebrain NE for the mammalian brain's plasticity during its critical periods.
(6) There is no contraindication to spontaneous delivery.
(7) Only 16% provided information on generic name, indications, dosage, adverse effects and contraindications.
(8) This is due to contraindications and, more important, noncompliance of patients.
(9) Posterior subglottic extension of glottic carcinoma has been a contraindication for partial laryngectomy because of the proximity of the cricoid cartilage.
(10) Pregnancy, hyperthyroidism and intolerances are given as contraindications.
(11) Instillation of a talc suspension with thoracostomy drainage is also a safe and effective technique and should be employed when tetracycline fails or is contraindicated.
(12) The IUD is contraindicated for women at increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases; sexual habits and especially occasional multiple partners are the single most important risk in the increased frequency of upper genital tract infections in IUD users.
(13) The participants strongly preferred the experimental leaflets to the approved leaflets, both with respect to accessibility of the contents (overall preference 78.1% v 17.8%) and ease of understanding the contraindications of drug use (90.2% v 73.7%).
(14) Cyclosporin-induced thrombotic microangiopathy is considered by many as a contraindication to subsequent therapy with cyclosporin.
(15) In conclusion, CSF spectrophotometry is a simple, fast, and extremely sensitive method, which in our opinion should be used routinely in the diagnosis of suspected subdural haematomas, if lumbar puncture is not contraindicated.
(16) While agreeing with Murphy that CPR is contraindicated in many LTC patients, Youngner rejects his proposal to exclude patients and family members from the decision making process, and to not inform them of the physician's unilateral DNR decision.
(17) Multiple previous admissions were particularly contraindicative for standard treatment.
(18) A rare obstetric contraindication to the use of vaginal prostaglandins for fetal demise is presented in the form of a case report.
(19) These drugs are contraindicated in patients with ulcers, with haematological diseases, and with severe cirrhosis.
(20) Therefore, controlled hypotension, being a sophisticated technique, requires handling by an experienced anesthetist well aware of contraindications and the need for adequate monitoring for prevention of tissue ischemia.
Inadvisable
Definition:
(a.) Not advisable.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that it is inadvisable for a single observer to judge BMD when studying routine X-ray studies of the peripheral skeleton.
(2) The use of bucolome in infants with hyperbilirubinaemia is inadvisable.
(3) Our experience supports the use of this flap for local hand and forearm coverage when local tissue is unavailable and skin grafting is deemed inadvisable.
(4) Driving to meet Steve Horton, a US tax accountant whose clients include bankers, entrepreneurs and high-flying American lawyers based in France, the taxi driver passes Fouquet's, the expensive restaurant where Sarkozy inadvisedly celebrated his own election victory, in company with pop star Johnny Hallyday, film star Jean Reno and high-flying businessmen, prompting the coining of the soubriquet President Bling Bling.
(5) Yet it would be inadvisable to ban them, because that would drive people with eating disorders further into the shadows and away from potential help, she said.
(6) However, because of the inability to augment iron absorption to compensate for blood loss, it would be inadvisable for the patient with a partial gastrectomy to take a high dosage of aspirin for long periods of time, unless aspirin-induced blood loss is measured and shown to be very low.
(7) Species differences make extrapolation inadvisable.
(8) It is concluded that routine administration of DDAVP to CABG patients is inadvisable because hemodynamic side effects are potentially dangerous and therapeutic benefit is highly unlikely.
(9) Its use should particularly be considered in patients to whom the administration of radiographic contrast material is inadvisable.
(10) The use of inhalation anaesthetics is therefore inadvisable during bronchoscopy in adults unless sufficient anaesthetic scavenging can be established.
(11) Although commercial test kits for detecting elevated levels of maternal serum AFP were approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1983, ACOG has opposed their routine use on the grounds that the high incidence of false positive results makes it inadvisable to use the test in pregnant women who do not have access to high-quality follow-up tests and counseling.
(12) Contraindications include difficulty in establishing an adequate pneumoperitoneum; acute peritonitis, ileus, or intestinal obstruction; and inadvisability of penumoperitoneum or Trendelenburg position.
(13) Thymus tissue which is not removed during the operation is one of the causes of recurrent myasthenia, while unjustified extension of the volume of the operation in nonneoplastic affection of the thymus is also inadvisable.
(14) The light microscopical diagnoses of "reticulum cell sarcoma" seems now inadvisable, since thhe majority of these cases, when examined by electron microscopy, were found to be "blast cell sarcomas", probably lymphoid in nature.
(15) There are occasions when intermaxillary fixation may be inadvisable, and in these instances external fixation techniques may be an appropriate means of immobilization.
(16) If a paramedian sternotomy is proved, simple reclosure is inadvisable.
(17) The use of ampicillin as a single agent for the treatment of pyelonephritis, however, is inadvisable.
(18) It is concluded that operation for unilateral cataract is inadvisable, if the vision of the fellow eye is good and contact lenses cannot be used, that the time between operations for bilateral cataract should be as short as possible, and that the use of contact lenses is essential.
(19) Results are presented indicating the inadvisability of using lower animals as test subjects with the aim of predicting toxicity for higher animals.
(20) We present a case in which ovarian function was annuled through radiotherapy, instead of resorting to the most commonly used oophorectomy, since the patient's severe respiratory dysfunction made surgery inadvisable.