Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

pico presivo con amplia meseta posterior

English translation:

[the morphology shows] a single pressure peak with a long subsequent plateau

Added to glossary by Eileen Brophy
Nov 18, 2015 02:04
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term

pico presivo con amplia meseta posterior

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Request for a second opinion on gastric disorders
Manometría y phmetría 24 horas (09/04/14): exploración realizada con sonda de manometría esofágica estándar.
Resultados: la zona de alta presión se sitúa entre los 54-46 centímetros del ala nasal, siendo la situación fundamentalmente intratorácica.Su morfología es en un solo pico presivo con amplia meseta posterior y muestra asimetría radial y longitudinal

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[the morphology shows] a single pressure peak with a long subsequent plateau

My interpretation.

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Or 'morphology exhibits'.

Examples:

www.nature.com › Home › Review
Nature
by JA MURRAY - ‎2003 - ‎Cited by 70 - ‎Related articles
manometry and describes the technical components ... sphincter pressures recorded by manometry have two .... This transitory **pressure peak** coincides with...

Is a classification of esophageal manometric abnormalities ...
https://www.hon.ch/.../ART083.HTML
Health On the Net Foundation
Moreover, esophageal manometry should include a quantitative study of the ... with **pressure peaks of normal amplitude and duration**, and if the LES pressure is ...

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Esophageal and transpulmonary pressures in acute ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
National Center for Biotechnology Information
by D Talmor - ‎2006 - ‎Cited by 134 - ‎Related articles
Esophageal and transpulmonary pressures in acute respiratory failure. ... a given positive end-expiratory and/or **end-inspiratory plateau pressure** may be appropriate for ... Systematic use of esophageal manometry has the potential to improve ...
Note from asker:
Thank you Muriel, my brain had frozen and I simply could not get my head around that one!!
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Carter : That's how I understand it. Nicely rendered, although Stedman does say that shape or appearance is preferable to jargonistic use of morphology. Saludos.
25 mins
Thanks Robert. 'Shape' is fine, too.
agree Neil Ashby
6 hrs
Thanks, Neil!
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