Sentences with phrase «treatment of last resort»

Transferring antibodies from the blood of recovering swine flu patients to those still suffering from the virus could provide a treatment of last resort.

Charney, now dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, thinks ketamine could serve as an alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, the current treatment of last resort.

Irregular / heavy menstrual bleeding can be treated in several ways: 1) Hormonal medication (a low dose birth control pill or cyclic progestin); 2) A hormone - containing intrauterine device (the most common one used is the Mirena IUD, which manages bleeding very effectively and is placed during an office visit and lasts for 5 years); 3) Endometrial ablation is a surgery commonly performed as an outpatient procedure; the entire lining of the uterus is cauterized (many women never get a menstrual period after an ablation); 4) Finally, I reserve hysterectomy as the treatment of last resort — typically only when the above options have not worked for a patient.

As a result, phage therapy is now used only for the sickest patients, as a treatment of last resort.

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If a person is violent and / or adamantly refuses to accept help, it may be necessary for the family to call the police who will transport him to a public psychiatric ward (in a county hospital) or to a mental hospital for observation, This is the least desirable method of getting the person to treatment, but it sometimes becomes necessary as a last resort.

The treatment of war as a last resort lamented the difficulty of applying this requirement given the lack of «sufficient internationally recognized authority» to mediate disputes.

A Christian couple whose 12 - month - old son has been at the centre of a life - support treatment dispute have criticised European judges after their «last resort» appeal...

Midwives are trained in guarding the normalcy of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, not disturbing it when all is well, knowing when to compassionately observe with loving support, and when and how to use holistic remedies, or medical intervention only when necessary as a last resort; they are also educated in prevention, assessment and treatment of complications, which most times can be managed simply and naturally, but sometimes involves consultation or referral to an obstetrician.

Gottfried did add a few of Savino's amendments in order to make the bill more palatable to opponents, including eliminating glaucoma as a condition that would qualify a patient for prescription of the drug, and requiring that medical marijuana be a last resort treatment.

He is a proponent of fecal transplant therapy as a primary treatment for C. difficile, rather than as a last resort.

First, a strain of bacteria found in the water tested resistant to vancomycin, an antibiotic considered to be a «last resort» treatment for serious infections that do not respond to other antibiotics.

They're trying combinations of CAR - T with other treatments, and working to make the technique safe enough to use as an early stage therapy rather than a last resort.

Dr. Richard Alexander, a surgical oncologist at the University of Maryland who specializes in pancreatic cancer, said this is a very rare treatment, and is usually a last resort when the metastasized cancer doesn't respond to treatments such as chemotherapy.

As a last resort — especially if you don't get better after a year of treatment — he may recommend a surgical procedure like a plantar fascia release, in which the ligament is cut to relieve tension.

Surgery is often the last resort «It should be when you have failed conservative treatment, when your lifestyle is being impaired, and when the pain is such that it's occurring not only when you move but even when at rest and at night,» says Bernard Rubin, DO, director of the rheumatology fellowship at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

The family had a history of depression: their mother had suffered from severe depression before May was born, and one of May's aunts had undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves delivering mild pulses of electricity to the brain to induce seizures, and is often an effective treatment for severe depression — though almost always of last resort.

When none can be found, the treatment is to modify the pet's diet (restrict their fat intake to the minimum adequate amount) and, perhaps, as a last resort, (cautiously), use some of the cholesterol - lowering drugs designed for humans.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) also calls itself a «shelter of last resort.»

Although decompressive shunt placements have been described in an effort to deflate the syrinx, it is considered a last resort in favor of more physiologic treatments.

The resort is the latest of around 10 similarly luxurious accommodations to open its doors in the last few years, adding spa treatments and horseback riding to the usual diving and snorkeling diversions long favored by the backpacker set.

The CCLA is arguing that Canada's use of solitary confinement of inmates in prisons violates s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and is inconsistent with the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (known as the Nelson Mandela Rules), which, among other things, state that solitary confinement should not exceed 15 days and should «be used only in exceptional cases as a last resort, for as short a time as possible and subject to independent review...»

Due to the risk of unwanted side effects in children and teenagers who use psychotropic medications, these medications are often prescribed as a last resort and in conjunction with other types of treatment such as counseling.