Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Pregunta sorpresa
English translation:
Surprise question
Spanish term
Netherlands
Broad medical experience
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Pregunta sorpresa
La disnea, el dolor, la confusión o las secreciones respiratorias son signos de muerte inminente \[21].
Más allá de los síntomas se han establecido escalas para ayudar a identificar a los pacientes en riesgo de muerte cuando ingresan en el hospital \[22,23].
Entre otras variables incluyen la edad, las enfermedades crónicas avanzadas, las hospitalizaciones previas, el ingreso desde un servicio de urgencias y la pregunta sorpresa. Los enfermos de nuestro estudio reunían con frecuencia estos síntomas y características.
Any idea what they mean by "la pregunta sorpresa"?
TIA, Juliette
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Helena Chavarria
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Proposed translations
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Surprise question
BACKGROUND:
The surprise question — “Would I be surprised if this patient died in the next 12 months?” — has been used to identify patients at high risk of death who might benefit from palliative care services. Our objective was to systematically review the performance characteristics of the surprise question in predicting death.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378508/
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Background
Clinicians are inaccurate at predicting survival. The ‘Surprise Question’ (SQ) is a screening tool that aims to identify people nearing the end of life. Potentially, its routine use could help identify patients who might benefit from palliative care services. The objective was to assess the accuracy of the SQ by time scale, clinician, and speciality.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540432/
Background and objectives: Dialysis patients are increasingly characterized by older age, multiple comorbidities, and shortened life expectancy. This study investigated whether the “surprise” question, “Would I be surprised if this patient died in the next year?” identifies patients who are at high risk for early mortality.
Conclusions: The “surprise” question is effective in identifying sicker dialysis patients who have a high risk for early mortality and should receive priority for palliative care interventions.
http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/3/5/1379.abstract
'Surprise question' sees thousands wrongly told they will die under faulty NHS system
Tens of thousands of patients are being prematurely warned they could be about to die because of a defective diagnostic method used across the NHS.
Experts have said families and loved ones are being needlessly worried after new research showed the tool over-predicted the chances of death more often than not.
The so-called “surprise question”, encourages doctors to ask themselves “Would you be surprised if this patient were to die in the next few months, weeks, days?”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/02/surprise-questio...
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