nonemergently
advEtymology From nonemergent + -ly.
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In a way that is not emergent.
- Except in cases of extreme prematurity or debilitation, operative treatment is indicated urgently but nonemergently, with little merit in delay.1982, Linda C. Stehling, Common problems in pediatric anesthesia, page 98:
- It is especially important to prevent rather than treat acute respiratory failure because the hospital survival rates of patients with acute respiratory failure undergoing endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy (emergently or nonemergently) have not improved over the past 20 years.1999, John R. Bach, Guide to the Evaluation and Management of Neuromuscular Disease, page 78:
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- Patients with more than three or four episodes a year should be referred nonemergently to an ENT physician.2013, Sandra Ryan, Convenient Care Clinics: The Essential Guide to Retail Clinics for Clinicians, Managers, and Educators:
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- emergently