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Bettendruck

English translation: lack of beds


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German term or phrase:Bettendruck
English translation:lack of beds
Entered by: Barbara Greenwood
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02:04 Apr 12, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
German term or phrase: Bettendruck
In a cardiology report, the sentence is the final sentence and is talking about the transfer of the patient. The sentence reads:

Hiermit verlegen wir [redacted] bei akutem Bettendruck ins [redacted] und bedanken uns fuer die prompte Uebernahme.

Does this mean that the patient is confined to bed?

Thank you!
Barbara Greenwood
United States
Local time: 17:03
lack of beds
Explanation:


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Thank you!
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Coqueiro
Local time: 01:03
Grading comment
Thank you - this fit very well in context!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8lack of bedsCoqueiro
2 +1bedsoresMerry Foxworth


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bedsores


Explanation:
or pressure sores
not enough context to be sure

Merry Foxworth
Local time: 18:03
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans: my first thought, too a patient who has been confined to the bed for a long time and is suffering from bedsores; a very common complaint
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
lack of beds


Explanation:


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Note added at 5 Tage (2011-04-17 08:17:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you!


    Reference: http://www.springermedizin.at/artikel/9488-sepsis-von-zu-hau...
    Reference: http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=7246
Coqueiro
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you - this fit very well in context!

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agree  RegineMac: absolutely!
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agree  BrigitteHilgner
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agree  Nicola Wood: that's how I read it.
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agree  Nicole Schnell
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agree  franglish
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agree  Steffen Walter
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agree  seehand
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agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): definitely
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Changes made by editors
Apr 12, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)Medical (general) => Medical: Health Care


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