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TALIDOMIDA [2 records]

Record 1 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

Any circumstance indicating that an intervention would be inappropriate.

OBS

contraindication: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Toute circonstance qui s'oppose à l'application d'une intervention.

OBS

contre-indication : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • contreindication

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
DEF

Aclaración de los casos en que no debe emplearse un medicamento porque puede ser dañino.

CONT

En mujeres embarazadas está contraindicado el uso de talidomida porque produce malformaciones del producto; en el caso del VIH/sida está contraindicado el uso combinado de ddI y ddC porque ambos inducen a la pancreatitis y se suma su toxicidad.

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Record 2 2013-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
  • Toxicology
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Pregnancy
DEF

... the ability of a chemical to cause birth defects.

CONT

The increased incidence of malformations in the offspring of food-restricted rats given aspirin could also be due to any of several possibilities. For example, food restriction probably caused stress that may have potentiated the aspirin-induced teratogenicity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
  • Toxicologie
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Grossesse
DEF

Aptitude à engendrer des monstres.

CONT

D'autres spécialistes sont cependant plus sceptiques, affirmant qu'il n'y a pas de preuve scientifique de la tératogénicité de la dioxine chez l'homme.

CONT

Divers polluants, dont des pesticides, présentent un fort pouvoir tératogène. [...] Des études ont montré que la majeure partie [...] des effets tératogènes observés étaient dus à une impureté, la dioxine [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embriología
  • Toxicología
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Embarazo
DEF

Propiedad de un agente para causar malformaciones en un feto en desarrollo.

CONT

[La teratogenicidad] es un efecto colateral de ciertos fármacos como la talidomida.

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