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09:57 Nov 5, 2011 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / nefrología | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Emma Goldsmith Spain Local time: 13:33 | ||||||
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5 +1 | steriod burst/blast |
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4 +1 | high-dose steroid therapy |
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4 | Steroid Shock |
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1 | high-dose steroids |
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high-dose steroids Explanation: Without any further context, I am guessing that the text refers to transplantation rejection, so it would be "high-dose steroids", possibly forming part of a pulse or bolus regimen. It could also refer to stress-dose steroids, which is when a chronic steroid dose is upped to cover a stressful event (illness, surgery, etc.) |
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high-dose steroid therapy Explanation: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/128108-overview |
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Steroid Shock Explanation: Steroid Shock: Looking to bulk up your body, tone your muscles, or ... Steroid Shock: Looking to bulk up your body, tone your muscles, or even lose weight? You may think taking steroids will help, but abusing those drugs will cause ... findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3415/is.../ai_n28875805/ - Cached - Similar -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2011-11-05 21:57:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Most commonly refered to as : "Steroids in septic shock" |
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steriod burst/blast Explanation: As a medical treatment, the term is either 'burst' (preferred) or 'blast'. See examples of both: www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/prednisone-asthma Jun 21, 2009 – Sometimes systemic steroids like prednisone are taken in high doses for a few days. **This is called a steroid burst**. They may also be given in a ... www.healingwell.com › ... › Diseases & Conditions › Ulcerative Colitis 15 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Jun 12, 2008 It seems like **a steroid burst** is more appropriate for asthma or some types arthritis. ... cem.endojournals.org/content/76/5/1188 May 1, 1993 – Abstract. "Steroid burst therapy" is commonly used for various acute medical conditions, but its suppressive effect on ... checkdisease.com/tag/steroid-medicine/Cached - Similar Two-week course of «steroid burst» caused by taking oral steroids is rather safe, however it is very important to avoid long treatment by steroids as they have ... www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13563 May 12, 2011 – My ds is supposed to start a steroid burst tomorrow. This will be his first one. His neurologist called in an Rx for a Medrol dose pack, but the ... Steroid Burst dosage - Nov 1, 2011 steroid burst - Oct 23, 2011 Bed wetting and steroid burst - Mar 28, 2011 IVIG and "Steroid Burst" - Sep 25, 2007 www.healthcentral.com/.../steroid-blast-dosing-asthma-exace... Everything you need to know about **steroid blast** dosing asthma exacerbation. Information about common uses, side effects, interactions, dosages and storage. www.patientslikeme.com/patients/view/31452 **They also call it a steroid blast** 50 mg tablets.i take 8 pills for 4 days out of the month.iI take 1600 mg a day. I was diagognosed with relapsing remitting ... staging.firstliferesearch.com/Dalfampridine/?a=s steroid blast once a month ---viisted neuro today going on steroid blast every other month and beginning AMPYRA___DALFAMPRIDINE tired of using walker and will have ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2011-11-06 20:59:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As to how "formal" this term is, below are some cites for 'burst' from the medical literature; 'blast' is more informal. chestjournal.chestpubs.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/.../863A Exacerbation event hierarchy was defined in descending order of severity: hospitalization, emergency room (ER) visit, steroid burst, no exacerbation. ... ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/15351753 by P Lozano - 2004 - Cited by 85 - Related articles ... but had a 36% (95% CI, 11% to 54%) lower oral steroid burst rate per year compared with children receiving usual care. Children in the planned care arm had ... www.jci.org/articles/view/116963/files/pdf by ER Sher - Cited by 282 - Related articles FEV, after steroid burst. 82. 57. Duration of asthma (yr)*. 16. 19. Inhaled steroids (yes/no). 6/6. 14/3. Systemic steroids (yes/no). 0/12. 12/5. Systemic steroid dose ... www.immunology.theclinics.com/article/S0889...3/abstract by SM Harding - 2005 - Cited by 65 - Related articles GER is a risk factor for asthma-related hospitalization and oral steroid burst use. Asthmatics may be predisposed to GER development because of a high ... ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/183/1.../A3720.pdf by B Smith - 2011 and others (BMI, duration of asthma, percentage requiring steroid burst, asthma ... coefficient 0.90; steroid burst correlation coefficient 0.90; sex correlation ... erj.ersjournals.com/content/16/2/247.full.pdf by EM Pouw - 2000 - Cited by 16 - Related articles None of the patients received steroid burst regimens within. 3 months prior to the ... number of steroid burst regimens used in the year prior to examination was ... |
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