Articles

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(indefinitearticle),the(definitearticle),or0(zeroarticle).

1. Hepresentedtodaywith____largeholeinhisgumwhere____toothwasextractedtwoweeksearlier.

2. Shehas_____painassociatedwith____swollengumaroundherlowerleftwisdomtooth.

3. CouldyoufollowupMrJones,____51yearoldmanwithTypeIIDiabetes.

4. Hehad____surgicaldebridementtohisulcer._____ulcerisnowreducinginsize.

5. Following____birthof___healthybabyboy,____motherisconcernedaboutcaringfor____babyalone,
assheisseparatedfrom____babysfather.

6. Thereisalsosomeevidenceof_____weightloss.

7. Thispatientwasadmittedto_____hospitalon23September2011with____acuteasthmaattack.

8. Hehasbeenreceivingassistancefrom____hospitalsocialworker.Hewillbeneedtobeseenby____
dentistand____dieticianathislocalclinic.

9. Herhusbandissettingup____smallbusiness,soistoobusytocareforhiswife.

10. Herdepressionmaybecausedby____circumstancesof____operation.Herreluctancetomedical
interventionmaybebecauseof____languagebarrier.

11. MrReganlivesalonein____flatandhehas____limitedfamilysupport.

12. MsThompsonis____managerin____busyrestaurantchain.

13. MsThompsonisoneof____managersin____busyrestaurantchain.

14. Shehaslittlesocialsupportandfewfriendsin___localarea.

15. Since____fourthdayofherbabysbirth,shehasbecomedepressed.

16. ____investigationsshowed____followingresults.

17. Hehad____onehourhistoryofchestpain.

18. Ihaveordered____fewinvestigations.

19. Shepresentedwith____painandswellinginherlowerleftleg.

20. ____othermainarteriesin____lowerlimbswerenormal.

21. Sheneeds____electivesurgerytopreventfurthercomplications.

22. Hehasbeentreatedatthishospitalfor___endstagerenalfailure.

23. Helivesalonein____ruralarea.


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