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Prospective
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LAW, PROSPECTIVE. One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.

PROSPECTIVE. That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 116.


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With Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT, ScD, SCS, FAPTA, and Michael J Axe, MD, "A 10-Year Prospective Trial of a Patient Management Algorithm and Screening Examination for Highly Active Individuals with ACL Injury.
Although several studies in patients with malignancy and nonperipherally inserted central venous catheters suggest that prophylactic anticoagulation with low-dose warfarin may reduce the incidence of DVT, (14,15) a more recent prospective trial of low-dose (1 mg) unmonitored warfarin therapy performed by Heaton and colleagues showed no reduction in the risk of thrombosis in cancer patients with central venous catheters.
Clayton MI, Osborne JE, Rutherford D, Rivron RR A double-blind, randomized, prospective trial of a topical antiseptic versus a topical antibiotic in the treatment of otorrhoea.
 
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