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abdominal pain quickly improved

English translation: the patient's pain eased/became less quickly

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English term or phrase:abdominal pain quickly improved
Selected answer:the patient's pain eased/became less quickly
Entered by: Thayenga

13:23 Dec 8, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: abdominal pain quickly improved
What does the author mean? Increase of pain intensity or quick improve of the patient state? I'm a little confused. This is a document issued by Rush University Medical Center, Oncology; 19-year-old young man who was treated for localized osteosarcoma of his left hip; Interval History: He had a liver biopsy prior to surgery due to abnormal liver tests. Post op he had pleuritic chest pain and shoulder pain, but was ruled out for PE, and found to have biliary sludge (...) He was discharged on XX, but returned the next day due to abdominal pain that quickly improved. He was treated with levofloxacin for 7 days and given Flomax due to another episode of urinary retention. (...) His hearing loss has improved and his mood, energy, and appetite have improved.(...)
monepi
Local time: 17:27
the patient's pain eased/became less quickly
Explanation:
:)
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 17:27
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5the patient's pain eased/became less quickly
Thayenga
4 +1the abdominal pain improved
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
5 -2rapidly increasing abdominal pain
eys


Discussion entries: 5





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the abdominal pain improved


Explanation:
That is, the intensity of the pain quickly (and, probably, spontaneously) decreased.

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 12:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 35

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agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Plain and simple. I don't see what the asker's problem is.
2 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
rapidly increasing abdominal pain


Explanation:
Since the patient had had to return to the hospital there should not be any other reason except for detorioration of his health status, which means his abdominal pain had increased which was needed to be treated with lavofloxacin whatever...

eys
Türkiye
Local time: 18:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: A good demonstration of how a rational approach can be totally, linguistically wrong.
51 mins
disagree  liz askew: It means the opposite
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the patient's pain eased/became less quickly


Explanation:
:)

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
32 mins
  -> Thank you, jack.
agree  B D Finch: Eased or reduced but not "became less".
52 mins
  -> It was just an option. Thank you.
agree  liz askew: agree with B D Finch
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Liz.
agree  CHEN-Ling
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Yang Min.
agree  eski
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, eski. Saludos!
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