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edema agudo de pulmon, insuficiencia cadriaca cronica

English translation: acute pulmonary (o)edema and chronic cardiac failure


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Spanish term or phrase:edema agudo de pulmon, insuficiencia cadriaca cronica
English translation:acute pulmonary (o)edema and chronic cardiac failure
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Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: edema agudo de pulmon, insuficiencia cadriaca cronica
it'a another cause of death
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acute pulmonary (o)edema and chronic cardiac failure
Explanation:
another common cause of death
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David Brown
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Local time: 19:59
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thanks everyone! You are all great and professional with your answers and I don't really know "a que carta quedarme"! I'll just choose the one who got there first. Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6acute pulmonary (o)edema and chronic cardiac failureDavid Brown
5acute pulmonary edema and chronic heart failure
Muriel Vasconcellos
4oedème aigu du poumon, insuffisance cardique chronique
Bruce Capelle


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
oedème aigu du poumon, insuffisance cardique chronique


Explanation:
L'oedème aigu du poumon. L'oedème aigu du poumon est une urgence médicale.
C'est une atteinte de l'appareil respiratoire caractérisée ...

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Note added at 2004-02-13 15:20:28 (GMT)
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Oops sorry... messed up with language pairs.

Bruce Capelle
Spain
Local time: 19:59
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
acute pulmonary (o)edema and chronic cardiac failure


Explanation:
another common cause of death


David Brown
Spain
Local time: 19:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 550
Grading comment
thanks everyone! You are all great and professional with your answers and I don't really know "a que carta quedarme"! I'll just choose the one who got there first. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxElena Sgarbo: Acute pulmonary edema and chronic HEART failure is the most common way to express it in Medicine. Saludos, David
8 mins
  -> thank you Elena, but in the UK we like to confuse the patient by using cardiac instead of heart

agree  Eugenia Rodriguez: I also agree with Elena > heart failure better than cardiac
13 mins

agree  Karla Mabarak: also agree with above
30 mins

agree  xxxx-Translator
2 hrs

agree  Paul Weideman
3 hrs

agree  RJFrances
3 hrs

neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: Elena is right. "Heart failure" is the correct term in the International Classification of Diseases.
16 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
acute pulmonary edema and chronic heart failure


Explanation:
This is really Elena's answer. "Heart failure" is the correct English term in the International Classification of Diseases, which is used throughout the world. Source: ICD and 30 years' experience as a staff translator for the World Health Organzation.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 10:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 643
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