Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Schlechte Inspirationstiefe.
English translation:
Poor / Low inspiratory effort
Added to glossary by
Karina Pelech
Aug 27, 2002 14:27
21 yrs ago
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German term
Argentinian digital nomad in LatAm
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
schlechte
German to English
Medical
Röntgen Thorax im Liegen am 07.06.02
Schlechte Inspirationstiefe. Ansonsten unauffälliger kardiopulmonar Befund. (etc..)
"Poor inspiratory effort"
"Little inspiratory force"
??
Thank you in advance ... :o)
Schlechte Inspirationstiefe. Ansonsten unauffälliger kardiopulmonar Befund. (etc..)
"Poor inspiratory effort"
"Little inspiratory force"
??
Thank you in advance ... :o)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Poor or low |
Melanie Sellers
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| 4 | picture not taken in satisfactory inspiration |
Elisabeth Ghysels
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| 3 +1 | poor inspiration depth |
Cassandra Greer
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Proposed translations
3 mins
Melanie Sellers
Native in German
Language translation Professional
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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48
Selected
Poor or low
Poor inspiratory effort
Low inspiratory effort
Low could work as there is an effort it just is not sufficient.
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Note added at 2002-08-27 14:58:13 (GMT)
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Inspiration
The depth of inspiration on a normal, erect, inspiratory chest film is measured as 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 ribs (counting posterior ribs from the apex of the chest to the right hemidiaphragm). If the patient has taken a less deep inspiration, the lungs will be less than
POOR INSPIRATION ( As Nikolaus said)
optimally inflated and will appear diffusely denser, simulating diffuse pulmonary disease. Also, with a \"poor inspiration\", the diaphragms will be elevated, causing the heart and mediastinum to be compressed. This results in a larger heart and mediastinal shadow. This would simulate cardiac enlargement and mediastinal mass.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhpos/cxr_tech.txt.html
Low inspiratory effort
Low could work as there is an effort it just is not sufficient.
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Note added at 2002-08-27 14:58:13 (GMT)
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Inspiration
The depth of inspiration on a normal, erect, inspiratory chest film is measured as 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 ribs (counting posterior ribs from the apex of the chest to the right hemidiaphragm). If the patient has taken a less deep inspiration, the lungs will be less than
POOR INSPIRATION ( As Nikolaus said)
optimally inflated and will appear diffusely denser, simulating diffuse pulmonary disease. Also, with a \"poor inspiration\", the diaphragms will be elevated, causing the heart and mediastinum to be compressed. This results in a larger heart and mediastinal shadow. This would simulate cardiac enlargement and mediastinal mass.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhpos/cxr_tech.txt.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer. Sorry about not awarding this sooner, but the site has been up the creek a little. I take your point Elisabeth, and I write these reports out myself in this manner, but this report was a little different. So thank you Melanie - especially - for your suggestion. I finally gave both 'low' and 'poor' as options for the copy-editor to play with, along with 'inspiratory effort'. Thanks again all.."
19 mins
Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
Related KudoZ points
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971
picture not taken in satisfactory inspiration
While "poor" in itself certainly is an adequate translation of schlecht in that context, I should try an own answer because of the difficulty, that Inspirationstiefe should not be translated by inspiratory effort or force. So either you keep it short and translate:
"poor inspiration" (which would probably be correctly interpreted by most who know X-rays), or you elaborate a bit like "picture not taken in satisfactory inspiration". It should be clear, anyway, that this information only relates to the interpretability of the X-ray document, not to any characteristic of the patient.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
"poor inspiration" (which would probably be correctly interpreted by most who know X-rays), or you elaborate a bit like "picture not taken in satisfactory inspiration". It should be clear, anyway, that this information only relates to the interpretability of the X-ray document, not to any characteristic of the patient.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Martin Schmurr
: aber "unauffälliger kardiopulmonar Befund" bezieht sich doch wohl auf den Patienten?
12 mins
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Klar; weiß nicht sicher, was Sie daraus ableiten; wenn Sie ein Sprachenpurist sind, könnten Sie jetzt das "Ansonsten" benutzen als Argument; aber nicht bei Medizinern, hihi
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+1
34 mins
Cassandra Greer
Native in English
Clear documentation for normal people!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German
Related KudoZ points
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86
poor inspiration depth
poor depth of inspiration
perhaps
I would disagree with Nikolaus in this case. If the report refered to the quality of the x-ray I think it would be clear. A google search produced several hits which dealt with the inspiration itself and made no reference to the x-ray quality
perhaps
I would disagree with Nikolaus in this case. If the report refered to the quality of the x-ray I think it would be clear. A google search produced several hits which dealt with the inspiration itself and made no reference to the x-ray quality
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elisabeth Ghysels
: your solution might be ok anyway, but about the meaning as marker of the X-ray quality, I'm about 27000% certain. Standard thorax X-ray is in deep inspiration; if it isn't, interpretation is difficult. Greetings
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inspiration that is as deep as possible ;)))
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