Sentences with phrase «as an elective procedure»

The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) has revised its previous 2015 position statement on declawing to strongly OPPOSE DECLAWING CATS as an elective procedure.

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And you will likely have additional health - care expenses as you age: the cost of home care, physiotherapy, elective medical procedures and some prescription drugs may have to come out of your own pocket.

Private insurance would still exist to cover elective medical procedures, but would otherwise be phased out as the Medicare for All program was introduced and expanded over a four - year period.

However, the last time that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees walked out for a one - day strike in November 2013, UC San Diego Medical Center and Thornton Hospital, now called Jacob's Medical Center, moved 171 medical procedures, including 100 elective surgeries, to different days as a reported 840 employees picketed near both facilities.

But when you collectivize the payment method for routine care and, as happened in the UK, such elective procedures as tattoo removal, it's no slam dunk that people will come out ahead.

While C - sections can be a necessary and sometimes life - saving procedure for mothers and babies, the wide use of them as an elective is of concern to some health organizations.

Therefore, physicians are under no obligation to initiate discussions about a procedure such as elective cesarean that is unproven scientifically or that the individual physician may not consider medically acceptable.

Thus the decision on whether to perform an elective cesarean delivery (also known as «patient choice cesarean» or «cesarean on demand») will come down to a number of ethical factors including the patient's concerns and the physician's understanding of the procedure's risks and benefits.

A caesarean may be recommended as a planned (elective) procedure or done in an emergency if it's thought a vaginal birth is too risky.

As we've reported before, the US c - section rate is 31.8 %, half of those being elective procedures, and that rate continues to rise.

«Because bilateral mastectomy is an elective procedure for unilateral breast cancer [in one breast] and may have detrimental effects in terms of complications and associated costs as well as body image and sexual function, a better understanding of its use and outcomes is crucial to improving cancer care,» according to background information in the article.

To obtain a broad sample of patients undergoing non-cardiac inpatient procedures, such as hip or knee replacements, researchers examined elective, urgent and emergency surgeries as well as procedures performed during the day, at night, on weekdays and on weekends.

First, acknowledging that middle level students (age 10 - 14) learn differently than their elementary and high school friends and siblings, they began by reviewing the developmental research on young adolescents and taking those unique learning needs as a starting point for planning changes in classroom instruction, increasing electives, providing intervention, reviewing their discipline procedures, and attending to the social and emotional needs, a key to success with middle level student success.

As the trailblazer in peer - to - peer lending, we've evolved into America's largest online marketplace that allows borrowers to apply for personal loans, auto refinancing, business loans, and elective medical procedures.

And you will likely have additional health - care expenses as you age: the cost of home care, physiotherapy, elective medical procedures and some prescription drugs may have to come out of your own pocket.

Loans made through LendingClub can be used as personal loans, business loans and even to finance elective medical procedures.

Elective: Non-emergency pet surgical procedures, such as spays or neuters, are recommended by our veterinarians to help reduce the risk of future health and lifestyle problems.

Wilson noted that experienced rescue groups also know that elective procedures, such as removing a skin mass, might have to wait.

Before taking your animal in for an elective procedure such as tail docking or ear cropping, it is important to talk with your veterinarian about the risks of each medical procedure.

And some cover elective procedures such as neutering, while others don't.

We routinely perform surgical procedures such as elective spay and neuter, and general soft tissue procedures such as cystotomy, splenectomy and mass removals as well as emergency surgery and more advanced procedures such as anal sacculectomy, cruciate repair and perineal urethrostomy to name a few.

Breeds that are more likely to suffer from GDV can have an elective surgical procedure known as a gastropexy.

That may only be possible with elective types of surgery, such as spays, neuters, orthopedic procedures or mass removals.

There are many other surgeries performed by our doctors at NVH such as most elective soft - tissue surgical procedures, many orthopedic procedures, as well as some specialty - type surgeries such as the correction of an elongated soft palate or anal gland removal.

For too long, declawing has been treated as a routine veterinary procedure, even though it is an elective surgery that is largely performed to prevent scratching on furniture.

The legislative backfire gallery — laws intended to achieve an admirable goal such as reducing neighborhood nuisances, stray cats or discarded dogs but which often achieve the opposite effect — include arbitrary pet limit laws, bans against specific breeds, penalties against feeding neighborhood cats, outlawing elective veterinary procedures like debarking and declawing or charging exorbitant licensing fees for intact animals.

Banning elective veterinary procedures often converts a household or neighborhood concern into a shelter statistic, as pet owners give up on solving problem behaviors.

Tail docking, ear cropping, de-barking and declawing are strongly opposed as the risk of these elective procedures can lead to infection, ongoing pain and suffering, and even death.

These include elective procedures such as spays and neuters as well as more advanced orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries.

Whether the procedure is elective, such as a spay or neuter, or an emergency surgery to repair a life - threatening injury, it is natural to be concerned.

If a temperature above 101.5 degrees F is noted, please call us for recommendations or to reschedule as long transportation or anesthesia for elective surgical procedures are not recommended with a recent fever.

The pre-existing condition limitation does not apply to the emergency medical evacuation or return of remains coverage; any amount paid or payable under any worker's compensation, disability benefit or similar law; a loss or damage caused by detention, confiscation or destruction by customs; elective treatment and procedures; medical treatment during or arising from a trip undertaken for the purpose or intent of securing medical treatment; an assessment from a legally qualified physician advising you in writing that you, a traveling companion, family member or business partner booked to travel with you are not medically fit to travel, as defined in the plan documents, at the time of purchase of coverage for a trip.

Dr. Danny Soares, a plastic surgeon and Director of a medical center in the Sunshine State, has recently made public his decision to accept BCH as a method of payment for elective surgical procedures.

Assist physicians with endoscopies, elective cardioversion, bronchoscopies, and other procedures as necessary

Each episode delivers a carefully crafted mix of human and animal interest stories, and features a variety of animals that undergo elective procedures as part of long - term treatments involving the most intricate and technologically advanced surgery.

In applying the provisions of this Convention, Governments shall: (a) Consult the peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in particular through their representative institutions, whenever consideration is being given to legislative or administrative measures which may affect them directly; (b) Establish means by which these peoples can freely participate, to at least the same extent as other sectors of the population, at all levels of decision - making in elective institutions and administrative and other bodies responsible for policies and programmes which concern them; (c) Establish means for the full development of these peoples» own institutions and initiatives, and in appropriate cases provide the resources necessary for this purpose.