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HC pendientes

English translation: blood cultures pending

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Spanish term or phrase:HC pendientes
English translation:blood cultures pending
Entered by: Giovanni Rengifo

13:22 Oct 26, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: HC pendientes
This is in a medical report on an elderly woman whose son found her lying on the floor one morning when he took her her breakfast. Diagnosed as suffering a stroke (blood clot in Mid Cerebral Artery). This is in a section headed "Complicaciones añadidas durante el ingreso":

- proceso febril con sospecha de broncoaspiración, a tratamiento con amoxicilina-clavulámica desde el [fecha]. UC negativo. **HC pendientes**.
Peter Clews
Spain
Local time: 18:18
blood cultures outstanding
Explanation:
"HC" probably stands for "hemocultivos" here.
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 11:18
Grading comment
Thanks, Giovanni!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5blood cultures outstanding
Giovanni Rengifo
4Complete Blood Count
Noemi Furnari
2HC : hémoculture, hypochondre, hospitalisation complète ou hypercalorique
Imane Ben Lakehal


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
blood cultures outstanding


Explanation:
"HC" probably stands for "hemocultivos" here.

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 11:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 218
Grading comment
Thanks, Giovanni!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz
56 mins
agree  liz askew
3 hrs
agree  bizisyl
8 hrs
agree  Neil Ashby: but "pending", not "outstanding".
17 hrs
  -> Thank you for pointing this out. It should be "pending results" instead of "outstanding"
agree  Cecilia Gowar: With Neil.
18 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
HC : hémoculture, hypochondre, hospitalisation complète ou hypercalorique


Explanation:
this abbreviation stands for HC : hémoculture, hypochondre, hospitalisation complète ou hypercalorique
or
healthy control subjects (HC)



    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d%27abr%C3%A9viations_en_m%C3%A9decine
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcerative_colitis
Imane Ben Lakehal
Algeria
Local time: 17:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Neil Ashby: Giving 5 answers, some in another language, doesn't really help the asker much.
15 hrs
  -> I suggested 05 answers because HC stands for many medical acronyms he can select the most appropriate or equivalent to his translation
neutral  Giovanni Rengifo: Tu t'es trompé ici. Tous ces terms que tu as donnés sont en français. | Je pensais que tu ne t'en étais pas rendu compte
21 hrs
  -> Glovanni oui je sais...quelque chose s'est mal passé, quand j'ai soumis la réponse, j'ai réalisé que ma réponse était en français hémoculture en français est écrit avec e accent mais en anglais est écrit avec seulement un e.
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1 day 9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Complete Blood Count


Explanation:
HC in Spanish means "hemograma completo". I would translate it as Complete Blood Count (CBC)

Noemi Furnari
Argentina
Local time: 13:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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