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WHEEZE [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

An abnormally high-pitched sound produced by breathing through partially obstructed or narrowed airways.

CONT

Wheezing may be localized or diffusely audible, is more prominent during exhalation, and is associated with prolonged expiration.

OBS

The term "wheeze" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Bruit respiratoire anormal, de tonalité aiguë, parfois perceptible à distance, causé par le rétrécissement ou l'obstruction des bronches, notamment chez les asthmatiques.

CONT

Les signes cliniques [de l'asthme] sont la toux, la dyspnée, les sibilances (respiration sifflante), l'oppression thoracique et l'expectoration.

OBS

Les termes «râle sibilant» et «wheezing» ont été privilégiés par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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

Presencia de estertores pulmonares de tonalidad aguda propios del período inicial de la bronquitis y del asma y que traducen un estrechamiento bronquial.

CONT

[Cuadro clínico del asma aguda] Las sibilancias son audibles sin necesidad de fonendoscopio, la respiración es muy laboriosa, es evidente el uso de los músculos accesorios de la respiración y el paciente se nota muy taquicárdico.

CONT

Las sibilancias traducen la existencia de broncoespasmo.

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Record 2 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A puffing sound heard in front of the patient's open mouth in a case of foreign body in the trachea or a bronchus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Les bruits respiratoires anormaux. Il faut insister sur deux anomalies; l'une qui appartient à l'oedème pulmonaire subaigu : c'est le grésillement laryngé; l'autre, que provoque une néoplasie bronchique, c'est le sifflement pseudo-asthmatique ou wheezing, souvent perçu par le malade lui-même lorsqu'il respire la bouche ouverte.

OBS

sifflement pseudo-asthmatique : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

americanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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