Y or bypass_

English translation: Y- or bypass connector (see below)

22:24 Jan 31, 2010

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments

English term or phrase: Y__ or bypass___

Context: total parenteral nutrition, medium-chain carbohydrates (MCH)

Fill in the blanks....Two technical terms in connection with infusions.

"When infusing fat emulsions concurrently with other solutions via a Y___ or _______, you must pay special attention to compatibility of active substances."

I'm translating from Slovenian to English, a very poor text, and cannot figure out the right term... Literal translation would be: "When infusing fat emulsions concurrently with other solutions via a Y or bypass connector, you must pay special attention to compatibility of active substance contents."

Another sentence where the same terms appear:

" If infusion of a fat emulsion is administered concurrently with amino acids or carbohydrates, the Y___or a bypass___ should be positioned as closely to the patient as possible."

Any help appreciated!

Lirka KudoZ activity Questions: 1502 (8 open) (12 without valid answers) (92 closed without grading) Answers: 2805 Austria
Local time: 04:08

Selected answer:Y- or bypass connector (see below)

Explanation:
Have you seen this website? On page 3 it has that exact phrase, just worded a bit differently:

"When lipid emulsions are to be simultaneously infused with amino acid and carbohydrate solutions the Y- or the bypass connector should be placed as close to the patient as possible."

http://www.chimei.org.tw/main/right/right01/cmh_department/5...

Selected response from:

Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 20:08

Grading comment

Thanks a lot!
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Y- or bypass connector (see below)

Michelle Temple

Y-site or piggyback infusion (?)

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães

'Y' connector or bypass connector

Richard Bowles

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

y__ or bypass___

Y- or bypass connector (see below)

Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks a lot!

Notes to answerer

Asker: OMG, thanks, Michelle! I wish I had seen the page before I translated everything 'by hand'. Uff! It is very very similar. Well, its 4:30 am here and I'm finally done with it, and don't want to hear anything more about it! Thanks again and greetings to Canada.

1 hr confidence:

y__ or bypass___ Y-site or piggyback infusion (?)

Explanation:
The first one is most certainly "Y-site".
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nutrition/section6.html

The second... since the text concerns compatibility of IV solutions, the only thing that comes to mind is secondary infusion (universally known as a "piggyback infusion"), though I'm not sure how it would fit with the Slovenian term for "bypass". Have a look at page 4 of the following document for an explanation:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocN...

Also:
http://books.google.com/books?id=cSnugQ4sPdIC&pg=PA332&dq=In...
http://allnurses.com/medical-surgical-nursing/what-does-pigg...

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 23:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

8 hrs confidence:

y__ or bypass___ 'Y' connector or bypass connector

Explanation:
Agree with Michelle. These are both tpyes of connector for medical tubing.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-02-01 07:27:04 GMT)
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That should read 'types'! Too early here!

Richard Bowles
Local time: 03:08
Native speaker of:

English

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