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English translation: The patient has lost 5 kg of liquid


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Swedish term or phrase:urvätskas
English translation:The patient has lost 5 kg of liquid
Entered by: Andrei Gitch
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16:56 Nov 28, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Medical Records
Swedish term or phrase: urvätskas
"Patienten urvätskas 5kg"

I get the sense of it but need ideas on precise phrasing!
schallinor
Local time: 04:15
The patient has lost 5 kg of liquid
Explanation:
We lose liquid not only through piss, but in many different ways, which is not specified in the abstract.
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Andrei Gitch
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Local time: 05:15
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2The patient has lost 5 kg of liquidAndrei Gitch
5diurese
Tara Chace
4to be diuresed
Sven Petersson


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to be diuresed


Explanation:
Patient to be diuresed 5 kg

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 05:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The patient has lost 5 kg of liquid


Explanation:
We lose liquid not only through piss, but in many different ways, which is not specified in the abstract.

Andrei Gitch
Sweden
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cynthia Coan: Or in place of "liquid" one could say "fluid(s)."
18 hrs
  -> I would rather not, as it would appear two substances are physically different.
agree  lena helson: I agree with Cynhia re fluid as this is used in medicine rather than liquid
2 days10 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
diurese


Explanation:
just asked a doctor friend about this one. To administer diuretics to remove excess fluids.

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Note added at 7 days (2011-12-06 03:34:27 GMT)
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We actually need more context to know which is the correct translation in this case. "5 kg of fluid removed from patient" would be correct for dialysis where it the removal of that amount of fluid is pretty standard and the amount removed is often determined by weighing the patient before and after (thus using kg).

Now that I think about it, "5 kg of fluid were diuresed from the patient" seems less likely as the administration of diuretics increases urine production and the output is generally measured as a volume of urine rather than a number of kg. But doctors do frequently remove fluid from patients with diuretics and refer to it with a verb "to diurese."

Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 20:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tania Samuelsson
9 mins
disagree  Andrei Gitch: My Mother is a doctor and it made her smile. She asked why not laxatives? Besides quite often liquid must be removed from the lungs, etc. Not fluids.
1 day40 mins
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