Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

niños con un test basal negativo

English translation:

children with a negative baseline test

Added to glossary by liz askew
Jun 25, 2009 16:39
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

niños con un test basal negativo

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general)
In a text about the predictive value of two tests for development of bronchial asthma, they mention "niños con X basal negativo" (X is the name of a simple 'yes/no' test to measure the presence of airborne allergen antibodies).

Does this just mean "with a negative result", or is "basal" significant in some way?

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Change log

Jul 1, 2009 13:13: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/593080">alidalc's</a> old entry - "niños con un test basal negativo"" to ""children with a negative baseline test""

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children with negative baseline test

I seem to remember in the dim and distance past that "basal" = baseline

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-06-25 16:51:07 GMT)
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Head up tilt test in the diagnosis of neurocardiogenic syncope in ...
If the baseline test was negative, sublingual nitroglycerine was used in older children and the patient was tilted for a further 20 minutes. ...
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sorry

with................A negative baseline.....
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard McDorman : I too remember dimly :)
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Thank you! It was one that always caused problems initially:-)
agree Omar Lima Quintana
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Gracias!
agree Roxanna Delgado
38 mins
Gracias y saludos! Espero que te encuentres bien!
agree Alvaro Aliaga
4 hrs
agree Lucrecia Pons : Definitely! Your suggestion is the best!
5 hrs
agree Rita Tepper
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your help, Liz!"
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children with a negative base test

:)
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children with a negative basal test

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agree Tatty
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thank you
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