Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

prontuario medico

English translation:

medical record/chart

Added to glossary by Beta Cummins
Feb 2, 2010 03:35
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

prontuario medico

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Medical (general)
I've seen several examples on the internet, but I am not sure what fits best.

Thank you in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +9 medical record/chart

Discussion

Sim, em Portugal É o "Prontuário Terapêutico" (ainda hoje tem esse nome). No Brasil, essa acepção não existe; aqui o termo é "Formulário". Nossos equivalentes são o Dicionário de Especialidades Farmacêuticas e, com outro propósito, a Farmacopéia Brasileira.
Daniel Freire Feb 2, 2010:
Mais contexto necessário.
Se bem me recordo, em Portugal o Prontuário era livro com Nomes/Descrições/Composição de medicamentos autorizados pelas autoridades de saúde.

Proposed translations

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medical record/chart

I would say ...

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-02-02 03:39:44 GMT)
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Avaliação dos prontuários médicos de hospitais de ensino do Brasil*. Evaluation of medical records in Brazilian teaching hospitals ...
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100...script=sci_arttext - Cached - Similar
Note from asker:
Hello David, God, so obvious!!! Thanks!!! I somehow (after a long day), thought I had to squeeze in the word "patient" somewhere...!!
Peer comment(s):

agree Zareh Darakjian Ph.D. : I was about to say "medical record"...
1 min
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : I've seen it used in this sense.
56 mins
agree Beatriz Souza : "medical record"
2 hrs
agree Isabel Maria Almeida
6 hrs
agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_record
6 hrs
agree Ward Whittaker
6 hrs
agree Bett : yes! chart in the US
7 hrs
agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro
10 hrs
agree Marlene Curtis
10 hrs
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