безводный промежуток

English translation: duration of ruptured membranes

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Russian term or phrase:безводный промежуток
English translation:duration of ruptured membranes
Entered by: Rachel Douglas

01:10 Feb 2, 2010
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Obstetrics
Russian term or phrase: безводный промежуток
I'm interested to know if there's a non-descriptive English term, which I haven't found, for this period of time. I was wondering about "anhydrous interval," but many of the (not many, in total) examples found in the Internet have to do with geophysical measurement, not childbirth. Here's my draft, including a descriptive translation.

Original: Риск инфицирования плода повышен также при затяж­ных родах, длительном ***безводном промежутке*** и контакте пло­да с большим количеством материнской крови....

Draft: The risk of a fetus becoming infected is also increased in cases of prolonged labor, lengthy ***interval without amniotic fluid***, or fetal contact with a large quantity of maternal blood....
Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 20:13
prolonged duration of ruptured membranes
Explanation:
This is the correct term used in obstetrics

Duration of ruptured membranes and extended labor are risk factors for HIV transmission
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 82, Issue 1, Page 17
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002072920300123...

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Prolonged rupture of membranes, pre-eclamptic toxaemia, and respiratory distress syndrome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1546259/
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Maria Korolenkova
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:13
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2prolonged duration of ruptured membranes
Maria Korolenkova
4 +1(prolonged) nonaqueous phase
Judith Hehir
4without amniotic fluid
junejulie19
4absence of amniotic fluid for (or over) extended periods of time
Ellen Kraus
Summary of reference entries provided
anhydrous interval seems to be right
Susan Welsh

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(prolonged) nonaqueous phase


Explanation:
(aqueous phase) and immiscible (nonaqueous phase) contaminants. .... Further, many of these diseases are chronic and hence require prolonged drug therapy. ... Veronica Schimp DO, Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, ...

http://research.wayne.edu/idre/tools/faculty-interests.php

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Note: protracted labor

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As I understand what I've read in OB territory, there is an aqueous phase and a nonaqueous phase. Let's wait to hear what the medical professionals say. I think this is correct, but I could be wrong—without a doubt. I suspect that the "anhydrous interval" unique to "Russian medical literature," as Susan put it, may be indicative of a creative approach to translation.

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PS. The nonaqueous phase would likely refer to the phase after the water breaks, whereas the aqueous phases would come prior to that point. The terms refers not to liquids, but to phases—in contrast to NAPL.

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terms refer (braino/typo)

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aqueous phase: singular (one more braino)
Time to call it a day.

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 20:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for "protracted," but on the main question: Really??? I thought NAPL was a category in the chemistry of contaminants: "Non-aqueous phase liquids are liquids that are sparingly soluble in water. Because they do not mix with water, they form a separate phase. For example, oil is an NAPL because it does not mix with water, and oil and water in a glass will separate into two separate phases. NAPLs can be lighter than water (LNAPL) or denser than water ( DNAPL). Hydrocarbons, such as oil and gasoline, and chlorinated solvents, such as trichloroethylene, are examples of NAPLs." ... This "no-water" period refers to the time after the water breaks, but before delivery.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Volkova
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Natalia.
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without amniotic fluid


Explanation:
I have not seen the word "anhydrous" used in this context of childbirth before and I cannot find any US or British source that would use it in that context now that I went looking specifically. And the expression without amniotic fluid I actually heard used by native speakers. I would use what the native speakers use.

junejulie19
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Russian
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
prolonged duration of ruptured membranes


Explanation:
This is the correct term used in obstetrics

Duration of ruptured membranes and extended labor are risk factors for HIV transmission
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 82, Issue 1, Page 17
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002072920300123...

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-02-02 07:30:31 GMT)
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Prolonged rupture of membranes, pre-eclamptic toxaemia, and respiratory distress syndrome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1546259/

Maria Korolenkova
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martinique: Абсолютно верно: prolonged duration of ruptured membranes or prolonged rupture of membranes
5 hrs
  -> Спасибо :)

agree  Judith Hehir: This is definitely used. It googles nicely.
11 hrs
  -> Googles yes, feels definitely not, both for mother and newborn
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absence of amniotic fluid for (or over) extended periods of time


Explanation:
"Oligohydramnios" means that there is less amniotic fluid present around the ... fetus develops as a result of very low or absent amount of amniotic fluid. ... for an extended period of time, oligohydramnios sequence tends to develop. ...
www.healthline.com/.../oligohydramnios-sequence-1

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 02:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24
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Reference comments


54 mins
Reference: anhydrous interval seems to be right

Reference information:
From Pub-Med: 1: Koroleva AM, Krasnopol'skiĭ VI. [Postoperative complications in caesarian section and their association with the duration of anhydrous interval and the
microflora of the genital tract]. Vopr Okhr Materin Det. 1968 Feb;13(2):68-72.
Russian. PubMed PMID: 5720148.

The reference below is a 2001 document, "(Re)Designing the System of Care for Neonates Suffering from Respiratory Distress Syndrome," produced by USAID and various Russian institutions. It includes a form for medical personnel to fill out on "maternal health status," which includes "Anhydrous interval_________________."

It's odd that these English-language refs only come up for Russian medical literature, but that seems to be the way it is.


    Reference: http://www.qaproject.org/pubs/PDFs/neonat501.pdf
Susan Welsh
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Note to reference poster
Asker: Yes, it made me suspicious that there were only 95 matches for "anhydrous interval" in the whole Internet, a good number of them had dimensions of 7 kilometers, and the ones having to do with childbirth were from Russian sources.

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