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лечебное "окно"

English translation: treatment "window"

13:52 Nov 4, 2009

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Russian term or phrase: лечебное "окно"

Предлагаемый протокол исследования определяет возможную продолжительность лечебного "окна"....
исследователь сделал все необходимое, чотбы попытаться связаться с законным представителем каждого из испытуемых в течение времени, определенно этим "окном"...
Если честно, не совсем понимаю значение этого выражения. Перерыв в лечении?

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English translation:treatment "window"

Explanation:
Нет, это не перерыв, а некие допустимые пределы изменения сроков лечения. Вот, например, если говорится, что визит 5 должен состояться на 30-й день с окном плюс/минус 2 дня, то это означает, что он может состояться с 28-го по 32-й день. Так и здесь.

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Natalie
Poland
Local time: 14:34

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

treatment "window"

Natalie

4 +1

therapeutic window

Stanislav Korobov

window of time for treating

Russell Phillips

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

treatment "window"

Natalie
Poland
Local time: 14:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 100

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Asker: спасибо

6 mins confidence:

window of time for treating

Explanation:
Window in this case refers to a time frame

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=ru&ie=U...

Russell Phillips
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of:

English

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

therapeutic window

Explanation:

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The term therapeutic window refers to the range of doses of a drug that are actually effective in treating a particular disease. Doses below the therapeutic window are too weak to have any effect; doses above the window cause unacceptable side-effects. Doctors will sometimes say that "the therapeutic window is closed," meaning that there exists no dose that will give benefits without harmful side-effects--you're in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation.

Sometimes the therapeutic window is closed from the start. In epilepsy, for example, patients are often put on anticonvulsant drugs. In severe cases, a dose that's high enough to stop the seizures will also make the patient stuporous. In other cases, the therapeutic window closes as the patient develops a tolerance to the drug. In Parkinson's disease, patients are given a dopamine agonist to treat their tremors, rigidity, and bradykinesia. For a while, it works, and they can move just like healthy people. After some time, though, this dose causes dyskinesia and patients can't control their movements. Eventually, the drugs will either do nothing or cause involuntary movements, depending on the dose you give.

http://everything2.com/title/therapeutic window

Stanislav Korobov
Ukraine
Local time: 15:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16