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May 8, 2010 20:09
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

IT

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) spirometry
Spain: pt w/ acute MI, HTN, COPD: spirometry report w/ all English acronyms (FVC, FEV1, etc.) including "IT: 63.6%" Haven't seen a spirometry parameter called "IT". Anyone know what this is? Thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
3 Inspiratory time
3 -1 Intra-Thoracic
References
Spanish medical acronyms -- valuable resource

Discussion

Lesley Jackson (X) (asker) May 9, 2010:
Plus... I'm not in direct contact with the docs who dictated these records -- it's a clinical trial project via an agency. So I just footnote and tell my PM when an acronym is unknown. Occasionally an acronym comes to light because it's written out somewhere.
Lesley Jackson (X) (asker) May 9, 2010:
Yes, of course... another good observation on your part, neilmac. This is a hospital record, however, and hospitals everywhere, as we know, are famous for developing their own local acronym language... which is why we have translator's notes! Thanks. LJ
neilmac May 9, 2010:
The disparity of possible meanings of this acronym further justifies my own customary stipulation (inspired by the in-house rules of many Journals) that clients/authors must either define any abbreviations and acronyms they use or be prepared to have them returned intact.

Proposed translations

-1
2 hrs

Intra-Thoracic

Option.

Intra-Thoracic variable (parameters)

Poss. Espirometría antes y después de uso de broncodilatadores (incluye broncodilatadores)... Instilación intratecal de citostáticos.

See. http://www.semm.org/espir.html

¿Capacidad inspiratoria? CI (English IC)?

Variable Extra-Thoracic Obstruction. Variable Intra-Thoracic Obstruction
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-NoWto8...

General considerations for lung function testing.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZKlQZ751lDQJ:www.t...

http://www.socalpar.es/cursos_documentos/control_de_calidad....
Reference:

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0301/p1107.html

http://www.spirxpert.com/characteristic7.htm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Joseph Tein : Makes no sense in the context of names of tests.
18 hrs
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5 hrs

Inspiratory time

common parameter measured with spirometry, but not completely sure in this case.
hope it helps!

David

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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-05-09 01:21:35 GMT)
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The percentage could refer to the inspiratory time as a percent of normal... but usually you would get prolonged inspiratory times in disease states (e.g. greater than 100% of normal)... again, not completely sure about this.
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Reference comments

21 hrs
Reference:

Spanish medical acronyms -- valuable resource

In case you're not familiar with it, this is a very helpful resource for figuring out Spanish medical acronyms (although, even with its 18,000+ entries, there are still some that it misses).

http://tremedica.org/glosarios/siglas/index.html
Note from asker:
Fabulous, Joseph... thank you! LJ
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