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síndrome de impregnación

English translation: constitutional symptoms

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Spanish term or phrase:síndrome de impregnación
English translation:constitutional symptoms
Entered by: Angelo Berbotto

01:07 Dec 9, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: síndrome de impregnación
En un paciente que van a internar para hacer una descompresión de la vía biliar y tiene síndrome coledociano y "síndrome de impregnación"
Angelo Berbotto
Australia
Local time: 03:04
constitutional symptoms
Explanation:
"Síndrome de impregnación" is a rather old-fashioned and poorly defined term for what are usually referred to in English as "constitutional symptoms"—typically weakness/fatigue, involuntary weight loss, and anorexia (sometimes low-grade fever). It is often indicative of cancer or other wasting diseases, such as tuberculosis. Depending on the country, it may also be called "síndrome de repercusión general" or simply "repercusión general".

This is a fascinating (to me), almost culture-specific concept, and I don't think it is recognized as a pathological entity in its own right in any formal system (ICD, etc.).

Also worth noting that "síndrome coledociano" is *not* a "choledochal syndrome", but rather Charcot's triad.

Suerte :)
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Grading comment
thank you - this is the most persuasive answer. Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1constitutional symptoms
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
3maximum tolerated dose
Tomasso
2saturated fats metabolic syndrome
Adrian MM.


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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
constitutional symptoms


Explanation:
"Síndrome de impregnación" is a rather old-fashioned and poorly defined term for what are usually referred to in English as "constitutional symptoms"—typically weakness/fatigue, involuntary weight loss, and anorexia (sometimes low-grade fever). It is often indicative of cancer or other wasting diseases, such as tuberculosis. Depending on the country, it may also be called "síndrome de repercusión general" or simply "repercusión general".

This is a fascinating (to me), almost culture-specific concept, and I don't think it is recognized as a pathological entity in its own right in any formal system (ICD, etc.).

Also worth noting that "síndrome coledociano" is *not* a "choledochal syndrome", but rather Charcot's triad.

Suerte :)

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 854
Grading comment
thank you - this is the most persuasive answer. Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Maybe, but you haven't given any references.
5 hrs
  -> Fair enough! I don't think I *can* find any references showing head-to-head equivalence of the two, though—this is an extremely country-specific term.
agree  liz askew
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Liz!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
maximum tolerated dose


Explanation:
The highest dose of a drug or treatment that does not cause unacceptable side effects. The maximum tolerated dose is determined in clinical trials by testing increasing doses on different groups of people until the highest dose with acceptable side effects is found. Also called MTD.

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Note added at 33 mins (2021-12-09 01:41:02 GMT)
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https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-term...


https://www3.paho.org/relacsis/index.php/en/foros-relacsis/f...

Síndrome de impregnación en medicina: “Se llama así al tope de las dosis terapéuticas de un medicamento o tratamiento que un paciente puede recibir sin causarle efectos secundarios inaceptables, que son necesarias para lograr el efecto buscado rápidamente”3.

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Note added at 1 hr (2021-12-09 02:19:42 GMT)
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New term to me, the other answer is good, the same article above agrees with the other possible answer....quote • El Síndrome de impregnación consiste en malestar general, cansancio, y apatía, pudiéndose presentar además cefalea, mialgias y odinofagia.1

• El Síndrome de impregnación puede presentarse en diferentes patologías como por ejemplo: Tuberculosis Pulmonar (Síndrome de impregnación bacilar)

2, también en diversos tumores malignos (Síndrome de impregnación en oncología).

Example sentence(s):
  • Maximum tolerated dose is the the pont of saturation.

    https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/maximum-tolerated-dose
    https://www3.paho.org/relacsis/index.php/en/foros-relacsis/foro-becker-fci-oms/respuestas-foro-becker/61-foros/consultas-becker/953-sindrome
Tomasso
United States
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I've looked at your paho.org reference, but it doesn't make sense to me and I wonder if it's some kind of mistake. I don't see any connection between a syndrome and a dose.
5 hrs
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3 days 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
saturated fats metabolic syndrome


Explanation:
If this is about gallstones, as in 'síndrome coledociano' and cholecystectomy: then - pace Phil G. - 'descompresión de la vía biliar .. ' in the string starting with the biliary tract suggests a congruous alternative in the context.

Example sentence(s):
  • saturated fatty acids; metabolic syndrome; diet quality; dietary guidelines; cardiovascular disease.
  • Current dietary guidelines discourage the consumption of saturated fat and dietary sources rich in saturated fat

    Reference: http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/saturated-fat
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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