(interj.) Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand it does not provide more useful information than the Pugh's score for surgical risk in liver resection.
(2) The letter to Florence Nightingale was written by Bernita Decker as part of a nursing course assignment for our Nurse Educator advisor, Betty Pugh.
(3) Applying Cox regression analysis, ICG intrinsic hepatic clearance, Pugh score, previous variceal bleeding, and HVPG were the only significant prognostic determinants of survival.
(4) Data were collected from 56 patients who underwent transplantation for alcohol-related cirrhosis from August 1985 to February 1991 and compared with data from a control group matched for age, sex, Child-Pugh class, and date of transplantation.
(5) Etiology of portal hypertension was portal vein thrombosis in 3 patients and cirrhosis in 64, 44 of whom (65 p. 100) were due to alcoholism (Child-Pugh's class: A: 8 p. 100, B: 42 p. 100, C: 50 p. 100).
(6) Among those who have called for Clegg to think about his future are John Pugh, MP for Southport, and almost 400 Lib Dem activists, including at least 28 councillors.
(7) The receiver-operating-characteristic curves of three discriminant scores were compared with the Child-Pugh classification.
(8) The severity of liver disease was also assessed according to the index of Child and Turcotte as modified by Pugh et al.
(9) The object of this study was to improve the classical Child-Pugh score (CPS) and to test other scores from the literature.
(10) We report the case of a patient with decompensated cirrhosis (Pugh class C) who bled repeatedly from gastric varices despite multiple sessions of sclerotherapy.
(11) Our results suggest that the ICG and the MEGX test are superior to conventional liver function tests and the Pugh score in assessing short-term prognosis in cirrhotics independently from the etiology of the underlying liver disease.
(12) Formal decision-aids were used by half of the survey participants (56%), mainly three scores (Child-Pugh, Best and other indices for inflammatory bowel disease, Ranson) and four classifications (TNM, Forrest, Savary-Miller, Paquet).
(13) Selection criteria included a liver volume of between 1,000 and 2,500 ml, portal perfusion of between 15-30%, no active liver disease and no stenosis of hepatic artery or celiac axis, as well as a good functional Child-Pugh classification (A-B).
(14) Prognostic factors, as determined by uni- and multivariate analysis (Cox model), corresponded to Child-Pugh's score, to the five components, and the occurrence of early bleeding recurrence.
(15) There was no correlation between the endoscopic findings, the clinical gravity of liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh grade), and the gravity of esophageal varices (Beppu score).
(16) The aim was to obtain objective measurements of cirrhotic patterns that could be correlated with liver function evaluated by the Pugh-Child score, establish the relationship among different morphogenetic features and evaluate the implications of an objective classification of cases by numerical taxonomy in terms of their etiology, liver function and malignant transformation.
(17) As Hunter recorded, it was acquired by a civic dignitary, Mr Alderman Pugh, "who very politely allowed me to examine its structure, and to take away the bones".
(18) LHE correlated with the severity of the disease (Child-Pugh classification) but not with its etiology or with portasystemic shunting.
(19) The hepatic nitrogen clearance was linearly related to the clinical status (Child-Pugh score), to routine liver function tests and to galactose elimination capacity (r = 0.869), a well-established, quantitative, liver function measure.
(20) Systemic and splanchnic haemodynamics were studied in patients with cirrhosis who had been classified in three groups (A, B, and C) according to the degree of liver failure (modified Pugh's classification).
Push
Definition:
(n.) A pustule; a pimple.
(v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
(v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
(v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
(v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
(v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
(v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
(v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
(v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
(n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
(n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
(n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
(n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
Example Sentences:
(1) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
(2) "It seems that this is just a few experts who are pushing it through parliament … without anyone thinking through the likely consequences for our country," said Duke Tagoe of the Food Sovereignty campaign group.
(3) John Large, a leading nuclear consultant, said: "The HSE as an independent agency will come under tremendous pressure to push through these designs.
(4) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
(5) Activists in the country are pushing to get their voices heard ahead of Sunday's race.
(6) But late last month, Amisom pushed them out of Afgoye, a strategic stronghold 30km from Mogadishu, where Amisom officials say the militants used to manufacture explosives used in attacks on the capital.
(7) Gerhard Schröder , Merkel’s immediate predecessor, had pushed through parliament a radical reform agenda to get the country’s spluttering economy back on track.
(8) The view that testes found lateral to the external ring and which could be pushed some way into the scrotum were merely retractile was questioned.
(9) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
(10) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(11) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
(12) They also had speakers, long before boomboxes and mobile phones pushed sounds out in public.
(13) The minister for health, Mamy Lalatiana Andriamanarivo, says he is determined to push ahead with ambitious plans for universal free healthcare.
(14) The effect of 5 beta- and 5 alpha-reduced progestins on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) release was examined using either an in vitro superfusion or an in vivo push-pull perfusion (PPP) technique.
(15) That may well be the case, but it is extremely unlikely that Britain would be able to choose the terms of its future cooperation with the EU and not face push-back from member states.
(16) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
(17) The environment secretary, Liz Truss , has stripped farmers of subsidies for solar farms, saying they are a “blight” that was pushing food production overseas.
(18) Threadneedle Street has shaved 0.75 points off borrowing costs in but has not moved since April and with rising energy bills likely to push inflation close to 5% in the coming months is thought more likely to raise bank rate than cut it when the Bank meets this week.
(19) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
(20) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.