arm

Portuguese translation: braço

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English term or phrase:arm
Portuguese translation:braço
Entered by: Cintia Galbo

02:59 Apr 4, 2014
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical (general) / MEDICINE
English term or phrase: arm
One study showed no significant differences with regard to efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam and lamotrigine in newly diagnosed generalised epilepsy in patients aged 12 years and older despite more rapid titration in the levetiracetam arm.
Cintia Galbo
braço
Explanation:
Em estudos médicos, é o grupo do qual o paciente faz parte. Pelo contexto, este estudo foi conduzido com dois grupos ou "braços", um para cada medicação.

Do segundo link: Braço do estudo - um estudo pode apresentar, em seu desenho, vários esquemas de tratamento distribuídos em grupos diferentes, denominados "braços".

Do primeiro link: definição de "arm":
Medical Trials
The “side” on which a patient in a controlled clinical trial is placed, which is usually either a treatment/experimental arm, or a placebo/control (non-treated) arm, assigned in a random fashion.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:46
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Obrigada pela ótima referência de site!
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Martin Riordan
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Dr Manuel Delgado


  

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braço


Explanation:
Em estudos médicos, é o grupo do qual o paciente faz parte. Pelo contexto, este estudo foi conduzido com dois grupos ou "braços", um para cada medicação.

Do segundo link: Braço do estudo - um estudo pode apresentar, em seu desenho, vários esquemas de tratamento distribuídos em grupos diferentes, denominados "braços".

Do primeiro link: definição de "arm":
Medical Trials
The “side” on which a patient in a controlled clinical trial is placed, which is usually either a treatment/experimental arm, or a placebo/control (non-treated) arm, assigned in a random fashion.


    Reference: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ARM
    Reference: http://www.sbppc.org.br/portal/index.php?option=com_content&...
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 191
Grading comment
Obrigada pela ótima referência de site!

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  -> Obrigado, itineuropa!

agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ramo


Explanation:
No contexto de ensaios clínicos, arm é ramo

Dr Manuel Delgado
Brazil
Local time: 01:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 81
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Asker: Obrigada!

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