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CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS [9 records]

Record 1 2024-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[A] clinically detected weakness in critically ill patients in whom there is no plausible aetiology other than critical illness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Síndrome de debilidad muscular difusa y simétrica que se caracteriza por una disminución de la fuerza muscular, en general asociada a atrofia, de comienzo agudo, difuso, simétrico y generalizado, hiporreflexia o arreflexia que se desarrolla luego del comienzo de una enfermedad crítica, sin otra causa identificable.

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Record 2 2023-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • The Heart
DEF

An agent which increases or decreases the force or energy of muscular contractions.

CONT

Inotropes are frequently used to maintain adequate blood pressure in critically ill patients. Inotropes... alter stretch of cardiac and arteriole muscle fibres.

PHR

negative inotrope, positive inotrope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Cœur
DEF

Agent affectant la puissance de la contraction musculaire, en particulier un médicament qui affecte la puissance de la contraction cardiaque.

PHR

inotrope négatif, inotrope positif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Músculos y tendones
  • Corazón
DEF

Fármaco [o sustancia] que aumenta la contractilidad [muscular, específicamente la cardíaca], sin aumentar el consumo de oxígeno miocárdico y la incidencia de arritmias.

PHR

Inótropo negativo, positivo.

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Record 3 2021-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
DEF

A hospital unit staffed by specially trained personnel which has sophisticated technology and equipment allowing for the continuous monitoring, life support, intensive treatment and medical care of critically ill or injured patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé
CONT

L'unité de soins intensifs (USI) [assure] des soins essentiels à des patients gravement malades. [...] L'unité de soins intensifs (USI) est une composante essentielle des soins de courte durée au Canada. Les patients gravement malades y reçoivent des soins qui les maintiennent en vie. Les USI sont exigeantes en [matière] de ressources — en personnel, en équipement et en médicaments [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos de salud
OBS

unidad de cuidados intensivos: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que aunque haya dado lugar a una sigla, el desarrollo "unidad de cuidados intensivos" se escribe con minúscula […] para referirse al espacio donde se atiende a los enfermos [...]

OBS

unidad de cuidados intensivos; UCI; unidad de cuidados críticos; UCC; unidad de vigilancia intensiva; UVI; unidad de medicina intensiva; UMI: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el nombre "unidad de cuidados intensivos" ["UCI"] es el más utilizado para referirse a este tipo de servicios, aunque convive con otros como "unidad de vigilancia intensiva" ("UVI"), que también aparece recogido en el Diccionario de la lengua española con el mismo significado, "unidad de cuidados críticos" ("UCC"), "unidad de medicina intensiva" ("UMI") […]

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Record 4 2017-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Occupation Names (General)
DEF

A physician who specializes in the care of critically ill patients, usually in an intensive care unit(ICU).

CONT

An intensivist is a board-certified physician who provides special care for critically ill patients. Also known as a critical care physician, the intensivist has advanced training and experience in treating this complex type of patient.

Key term(s)
  • specialist in critical care specialist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
CONT

Le domaine des soins intensifs est multidisciplinaire. La formation en soins intensifs adultes permet d'acquérir une expertise en soins de tout patient ayant subi, ou à risque de subir, un événement morbide ou potentiellement mortel au niveau d'un ou de plusieurs organes/systèmes. Un intensiviste sait reconnaître les pathologies pertinentes aux soins intensifs, et soigne chaque aspect d'un malade instable en l'observant et en intervenant de façon à rétablir un équilibre physiologique pour prévenir les complications inhérentes à son état.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Involving more than one bodily system.

CONT

Critically ill patients who have multisystemic disease with compromised renal, hepatic, cardiac, or pulmonary function have an increased risk of drug interactions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Qui atteint plusieurs systèmes.

CONT

Pathologie multisystémique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A status which signifies that the Emergency Department is experiencing a level of activity which would allow it to accept only a critically ill or injured patient.

OBS

During this status, all ambulance patients, except scheduled transfers and the critically ill or injured, should be referred where possible by an ambulance dispatcher to emergency departments indicating a Normal status. The RDC status can be maintained for up to two hours and must then be renewed or will automatically downgrade to NORM [normal].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

détournement envisagé des ambulances : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

OBS

réacheminement des patients : terme utilisé par le ministère de la Santé de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A status that signifies that the Emergency Department has temporarily exceeded all routinely available critical care resources within the department. It is therefore unsafe for this Emergency Department to receive any critically ill or injured patients, as patient care will be compromised.

CONT

During CCB, all ambulance patients, except scheduled transfers, will be redirected to other emergency departments. This status can be maintained for a limited time only and must be renewed every 30 minutes or CCB will automatically downgrade to the status reported prior to CCB.

Key term(s)
  • critical care by pass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

détournement des ambulances : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

OBS

suspension des soins aux malades en phase critique : terme utilisé par le ministère de la Santé de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Enteral nutrition with simultaneous gastric decompression in critically ill patients

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif
CONT

Présentation d'une sonde permettant simultanément une décompression gastrique et une alimentation jéjunale.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Respiratory System
CONT

Non-invasive pulse oximetry for measurement of oxygen saturation in critically ill patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil respiratoire
OBS

Traduction d'un article paru dans Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1985, vol. 64, no. 11, p. 1108.

Spanish

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