I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ AIDS , cancer , cardiac , diabetic , heart , etc.
▪ surgical , transplant
▪
developments that will help surgical ~s recover more quickly
▪ mental , psychiatric
▪ depressed , mentally ill
▪ seriously ill , severely ill , terminally ill
▪ high-risk ( esp. AmE ), vulnerable ( esp. BrE )
▪ hospital
▪ private ( esp. BrE )
▪
He only takes private ~s.
▪ elderly , older
▪ adult , child
▪ paediatric/pediatric
VERB + PATIENT
▪ assess , examine , see , treat
▪
She sees an average of 35 ~s every day.
▪ admit
▪
The ~ was admitted to hospital yesterday.
▪ discharge
▪
~s waiting to be discharged from hospital
▪ refer (to sb/sth) , transfer (to sth)
PATIENT + VERB
▪ develop sth , have sth , suffer from sth
▪
The ~ has a severe heart condition.
▪ suffer sth
▪
~s who have suffered a heart attack
▪ be diagnosed with sth
▪
The ~ was first diagnosed with malaria.
▪ present with sth
▪
Many ~s present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed.
▪ respond (to sth)
▪
These ~s are responding well to the new drug.
▪ improve
▪ receive sth , undergo sth
▪
Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection.
PATIENT + NOUN
▪ care
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ with
▪
~s with liver disease
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , sound
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ incredibly
▪ endlessly ( esp. BrE ), infinitely
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
She's been extremely ~ about it all.
▪ with
▪
He was endlessly ~ with the children.