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Management

Meaning in medicine, with examples

/ˈmænɪdʒmənt/nounCommon term

In medicine, management means: In clinical English, the overall plan for dealing with a patient's problem, including tests, treatment, monitoring and follow-up.

In Turkish: tedavi yaklaşımı, hasta yönetimi, tedavi

How it is used

Used in notes ('Plan / Management'), guidelines and exam questions: 'What is your management?' The verb manage is common too: 'We'll manage this conservatively', 'managed in the community'.

Example sentences

  1. Initial management of a suspected stroke includes an urgent CT scan of the head.

  2. We agreed on conservative management with rest, painkillers and physiotherapy.

Common collocations

  • conservative management
  • initial management
  • management plan
  • surgical management
  • manage conservatively
  • treatmentThe care, medicine, surgery or other help given to a patient to cure an illness, control it or ease its symptoms.
  • follow-upA later appointment or check to see how a patient is doing after treatment, a test result or a hospital stay.
  • chronicLasting a long time, usually more than three months, or coming back again and again; used for diseases that are controlled rather than cured.
  • diagnosisThe decision about which disease or condition is causing a patient's problems, reached after taking a history, examining the patient and doing tests.

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