enquanto vivos (no mínimo 12 meses)

English translation: while alive (at least 12 months)

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Portuguese term or phrase:	enquanto vivos (no mínimo 12 meses)
English translation:	while alive (at least 12 months)
Entered by:	Martin Riordan

11:43 Oct 15, 2011

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Portuguese term or phrase: enquanto vivos (no mínimo 12 meses)

This is regarding a medical study.

“Após a descontinuação do tratamento todos os pacientes serão acompanhados quanto a sobrevida em intervalos regulares programados a cada 2 meses enquanto vivos (no mínimo 12 meses) ou até o final do estudo (aproximadamente 27 meses).”

I’m not sure about a few things in this sentence – acompanhados, quanto a sobrevida, enquanto vivos, no minimo 12 meses.

My biggest question is about how no minimo 12 meses fits in there? They will continue to receive follow-up care at regularly scheduled intervals, every 2 months, for as long as they are alive (at least 12 months)…?? What if they die after 5 months? Can anyone help with this? Thank you.

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while alive (at least 12 months)

Explanation:
That´s what it says. Now, what it implies is a different question...

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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:57

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Thank you all for your help. It's good to know that I had understood it correctly.
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4 +4

while alive (at least 12 months)

Martin Riordan

4 +2

for the rest of their life/lives (for at least 12 months)

Muriel Vasconcellos

every two months (during a minimum of 12 months) or until the end of the study

airmailrpl

whilst still living

Nick Taylor

Discussion entries: 2

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

while alive (at least 12 months)

Explanation:
That´s what it says. Now, what it implies is a different question...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 75

Grading comment

Thank you all for your help. It's good to know that I had understood it correctly.

25 mins confidence:

whilst still living

Explanation:
whilst still living

Nick Taylor
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 68

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

for the rest of their life/lives (for at least 12 months)

Explanation:
This is a kinder way of putting it. Anything else implies that you expect the patient to die. It gets away from the mindset that the patient is doomed.

Strict grammarians will say 'for the rest of their lives', but it's becoming commonplace to say 'their life'. 49,800,000 hits for "their life".

My companion's oncologist said to him: "You and I are going to be seeing each other for the rest of our lives." Here, of course, there's no doubt that two lives are in question. My point in quoting him is that he doesn't imply that the patient is going to die first.

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Medical examples of 'for the rest of their life':

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Once one begins ARV therapy, he or she needs to continue with it for the rest of their life. It is extremely important to understand that if a person stops taking ...

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Faced with the possibility of a premature death, they want to know how long the rest of their life is likely to be. But whilst some people may want a prognosis, ...

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Most people need to take these drugs for the rest of their life. Even though potent drugs are used to suppress the immune system, organ transplants can still fail ...

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BTW, my answer resolves your dilemma by repeating 'for'.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 581

21 hrs confidence:

every two months (during a minimum of 12 months) or until the end of the study

Explanation:
"quanto a sobrevida" makes "enquanto vivos" totally unnecessary and it can be left out

a cada 2 meses enquanto vivos (no mínimo 12 meses) ou até o final do estudo => every two months (during a minimum of 12 months) or until the end of the study

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

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