admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke
Word origin
[1885–90; pre- + admission]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, reactor, scrum, toner, twoferpre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal)
Examples of 'preadmission' in a sentence
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The majority of the reviewed studies identified preadmission personal risk factors and psychosocial risk factors.
Hanna Admi, Efrat Shadmi, Hagar Baruch, Anna Zisberg 2015, 'From Research to Reality: Minimizing the Effects of Hospitalization on Older Adults',Rambam Maimonides Medical Journalhttp://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=493. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overall, 835/2,613 (32.0%) had a preadmission high blood eosinophil count.
Marjan Kerkhof, Trung N Tran, Maarten van den Berge, Guy G Brusselle, Gokul Gopalan,Rupert C M Jones, Janwillem W H Kocks, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Javier Nuevo, Ian D Pavord,Sarang Rastogi, David B Price 2018, 'Association between blood eosinophil count and risk of readmission for patients withasthma: Historical cohort study.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6059485?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Duration of pain in the preadmission period was also an important factor in appendiceal rupture.
Siripong Sirikurnpiboon, Suparat Amornpornchareon 2015, 'Factors Associated with Perforated Appendicitis in Elderly Patients in a TertiaryCare Hospital', Surgery Research and Practicehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/847681. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All patients included in the study required a preadmission.
Richard J. Cormack, Mollie C.M. Ferris, Jason K. Wong, Stefan Przybojewski 2016, 'Splenic artery embolisation in the non-operative management of blunt splenic traumain adults', South African Journal of Radiologyhttps://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Preadmission blood results revealed low calcium and magnesium levels.
Nirav Y. Gandhi, Walid K. Sharif, Sumeet Chadha, Jayadave Shakher 2012, 'A Patient on Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitors Develops Sudden Seizures and Encephalopathy:An Unusual Presentation of Hypomagnesaemia', Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/632721. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study was conducted to identify preadmission criteria predictive of graduation success.
Gretchen Roman, Matthew Paul Buman, Sun Huh 2019, 'Preadmission predictors of graduation success from a physical therapy education programin the United States', Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professionshttp://www.jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-16-05.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We examined the association between preadmission use of oral bisphosphonates and 30-day mortality following hospitalization for stroke.
Christensen DH, Horváth-Puhó E, Schmidt M, Christiansen CF, Pedersen L, Langdahl BL,Thomsen RW 2015, 'The impact of preadmission oral bisphosphonate use on 30-day mortality following stroke:a population-based cohort study of 100,043 patients', Clinical Epidemiologyhttp://www.dovepress.com/the-impact-of-preadmission-oral-bisphosphonate-use-on-30-day-mortality-peer-reviewed-article-CLEP. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Very old frail patients and those with preadmission functional limitation are at higher risk of complications.
Lorenzo Palleschi, Flavia Galdi, Claudio Pedone 2018, 'Acute medical illness and disability in the elderly', Geriatric Carehttps://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/7561. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)