Jun 21, 2023 00:36
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Spanish term

RFA

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Latin American medical history - emergency room form
I'm working on a Latin American medical emergency history report. This acronym appears under OBSERVACIONES in the report; here's the context:

Paciente feminina de ___ años de edad, con antecedentes mencionados, ahora con síntomas respiratorios altos y disneas, laboratorios con incremento de RFA, hipoxemia y patrón de distribución multilobar, se inicia AB de amplio espectro...

As always, a thousand thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
1 +4 acute phase reactants (APR)

Discussion

Joseph Tein Jun 21, 2023:
Cosnautas Did you look in Cosnautas? When I look up RFA, I see three entries that might fit. You would have to look at these and see which is a laboratory test that could be appropriate in your context.

Proposed translations

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acute phase reactants (APR)

Physiology, Acute Phase Reactants - StatPearls - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › N...
R Gulhar · 2022 · — Acute phase reactants (APR) are inflammation markers that exhibit significant changes in serum concentration during inflammation. ... macroglossia, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, cough, and dyspnea.

Relationship between acute phase reactants and prognosis in ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › P...
AT Sayit · 2021 · — Acute phase reactants (APRs) are inflammation biomarkers that exhibit ... and presenting with symptoms such as dyspnea, cough and fever.

CHEST Pearls A 79-Year-Old Man With Recurrent Respiratory ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com › pii
MC Moura · 2023 — A 79-year-old man was examined because of recurrent dyspnea and ... Elevated levels of acute phase reactants and C-reactive protein and a high erythrocyte ...

Acute Phase Reactants and Cytokine Levels in Unilateral ...
https://karger.com › res › article
M Kolsuz · 2003 · — Objectives: We investigated the initial levels of proinflammatory cytokines and acute phase reactants (APR), e.g. C-reactive protein (CRP), ...

Comparison between Acute Phase Reactant in COVID-19 ...
https://aimj.journals.ekb.eg › articl...
HM Alfeky · 2022 — The study aimed to determine the value of measurement of Acute Phase Reactants (APRs) in Differentiation between Covid-19 pneumonia and Bacterial
Peer comment(s):

agree Joseph Tein : I think that this deserves more than a 1 confidence level!
2 hrs
Many thanks, much appreciated indeed!
agree Lirka
3 hrs
Many thanks, much appreciated indeed!
agree Cecilia Gowar
5 hrs
Many thanks, much appreciated indeed!
agree Gabriela Guevara
7 hrs
Many thanks, much appreciated indeed!
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Reference comments

1 hr
Reference:

reactantes de fase aguda RFA

Marcadores inflamatorios en la enfermedad pulmonar ...
https://dialnet.unirioja.es › servlet › articulo
CC Acuña · 2009 · — El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar la proteína C reactiva (PCR) y los denominados reactantes de fase aguda (RFA) menores en...

Los reactantes de fase aguda en la neumonía inducida por ...
https://www.elsevier.es › ...
El paciente, no refiere tos, disnea ni expectoración. ... de neumonía eosinofílica inducida por daptomicina (NEID) debido al aumento de los RFA, pruebas de ...

enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica - idUS
https://idus.us.es › bitstream › handle › TESIS_...
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B Rojano Broz · 2016 · — Mediante el análisis de la expresión génica de reactantes de fase aguda mayores en tejido pulmonar, hemos demostrado que dicho tejido
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Joseph Tein : Good research. Maybe also, possibly, respuesta de fase aguda?
8 mins
Thanks, also for your comment. Comparatively pairing "respuesta de fase aguda" with "disnea" is inconclusive with unspecific Ghits.
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