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English translation: brief (episodes)

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11:19 Feb 10, 2012

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Cardiology

Spanish term or phrase: recortados

Good morning

I would like some help with this word, particularly as I am not too sure to which noun this is referring.

Here is the context:

Enfermedad actual:

Refiere comenzar hace un mes aprox con episodios de adormecimiento [numbness] de MMSS y dolor torácico en relación con esfuerzos, que aliviaban con el reposo. Desde hace 48 horas, varios episodios similares de reposo, muy recortados, hasta hoy a las 20:00 que presenta nuevo episodio, más intenso, con cortejo vegetativo acompanante, por el que decide consultar.

Thank you!

[I assume "recortados" is referring to "episodios"]

liz askew KudoZ activity Questions: 894 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (64 closed without grading) Answers: 11274 United Kingdom
Local time: 03:39

English translation:brief (episodes)

Explanation:
I think the recortados refers to the episodios. Originally they improved when the patient rested but now he/she has had several short episodes while at rest - which is why he has gone to the doctor.

Selected response from:

Jane Martin
Local time: 03:39

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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

brief (episodes)

Jane Martin

reduced

James A. Walsh

clearly defined

Charles Davis

fitful sleep / broken sleep episodes / short sleep episodes

Melissa Mann

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

1 hr confidence:

recortados reduced

Explanation:
I think “recortados” refers to “reposo”. I understand "de reposo" as "pero con reposo".

Seems logical to me anyway…

Hope this helps :)

Example sentence(s):

“Desde hace 48 horas, varios episodios similares de reposo, muy recortados,…”
“Several similar episodes in the last 48 hours, [but] with significantly/greatly reduced rest,…”

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 04:39
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

brief (episodes)

the patient has brief episodes of VT

Jane Martin
Local time: 03:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, I was going for "brief/short":)

21 mins confidence:

fitful sleep / broken sleep episodes / short sleep episodes

Explanation:
Unfortunately, I can only find references on English-only sites (related to Apnea and other sleep-related disturbances).

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In that case, Liz, just brief episodes then. ????

Melissa Mann
Brazil
Local time: 23:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

clearly defined

Explanation:
As far as I can see you must be right: "recortados" must qualify "episodios". And "episodios recortados" is an expression you find a lot, so it's perfectly plausible. I take "de reposo" to mean "(while) at rest" or "resting", by contrast with "con esfuerzos". So the patient was having episodes of numbness while making an effort, which were relieved by resting, but now he/she has started getting them while at rest.

My first "common-sense" reaction to "recortados" is that it could mean "isolated"; ie. one episode and then nothing for a bit. But that doesn't seem to fit "muy recortados"; "very isolated" seems strange to me. And anyway, other examples suggest that "episodios recortados" can be frequent.

The apparent contrast with "más intenso" would suggest it means "mild", But I don't think they are contrasted terms; I find "episodios recortados de gran intensidad", for example ( http://www.saludalia.com/Saludalia/web_saludalia/urgencias/d... ).

"Recortado" does seem to be a temporal concept. I find a number of examples of "episodios recortados en el tiempo". So does it mean "brief", as Claudia suggests? The following implies that it might:

"Crisis de angustia
Episodios recortados de pocos minutos de duración, en los que predominan los síntomas vegetativos de ansiedad, que se repiten en numerosas ocasiones"
http://sescam.jccm.es/web1/gaptalavera/prof_farmacia/Insomni...

However, I think the meaning is "well defined" or "clearly defined"; that is, they last for a definite period of time, they clearly start and then clearly stop. This, in principle, fits the idea of "recortado": "clear-cut".

This is how I read the following example:
"incluso algunas veces no son episodios recortados en el tiempo"
http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0...

That is, they have no clear duration.

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Here's another indication, referring to "fibrilación auricular":

"En unas personas ocurre de forma continua (fibrilación auricular crónica) y en otras en forma de episodios recortados en el tiempo (fibrilación auricular paroxística)."
http://www.sabervivir.es/contenido.php?seccion=1572

So here it's being contrasted with "continuous". It apparently therefore means something like "intermittent". I think this is compatible with what I'm suggested: the episodes have a definite beginning and end. It's not so clear to me, however, that they are necessarily brief.

"Son episodios recortados con inicio y fin bruscos, quedando asintomáticos intercrisis"
http://books.google.es/books?id=NFmIMJdmwfYC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA...
Here again, the idea is beginning and ending suddenly.

Charles Davis
Local time: 04:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

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