Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

com actividade ao nível da ansa de Henle

English translation:

[potent] loop diruetic

Added to glossary by Elena Sgarbo (X)
Mar 8, 2005 20:20
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

com actividade ao nível da

Portuguese to English Medical Medical (general) Pharmaceutical
Context:

"XXXXX é um diurético potente com actividade ao nível da ansa de Henle, usado no tratamento de...”

Como dizem meus caros amigos portugueses, não estou a perceber o "com actividade ao nível da".

Muito grato.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +5 [potent] loop diruetic
3 acting

Proposed translations

+5
6 mins
Portuguese term (edited): com actividade ao n�vel da
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[potent] loop diruetic

Hi Sormane!

I'd rephrase towards what's most common in medical English:

" XXXX is a potent loop diruetic, used in ... ".

They're referring to the Henle loop in the kidney.

Good luck,

Elena


All concepts, explanations, trials, and studies have been re ...
... Studies of high blood pressure patients suggest that blocking sodium reabsorption
in the **loop of Henle** (as in loop diuretic use) causes larger amounts ...

www.chfpatients.com/text/diuretic_resistance.txt

** Loop Diuretic **
Cardiovascular Medicine: Pharmacology: Htn Diuretic Loop.

www.fpnotebook.com/CV220.htm -


BHF Heart Health - Heart Terms: **Loop diuretic**
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the leading national charity fighting heart and circulatory disease - the UK's biggest killer. The BHF funds research, ...

www.bhf.org.uk/hearthealth/index.asp?secID=1& secondlevel=74&thirdlevel=264&artID=164 - 113k - Cached - Similar pages

Medicines - **Loop diuretics** (eg furosemide/frusemide)
... and by the brand name Lasix is the most widely used loop diuretic. ... Do not take any other medicines or herbal remedies with a loop diuretic, ...

www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/ html/medicine/loop_diuretics.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Clauwolf
45 mins
Thanks, Clauwolf
agree Deborah do Carmo
51 mins
Thanks, Deborah
agree Todd Field : perfect... "ao nível de" is so idiomatically PT-PT... often best not to lose any sleep trying to somehow translate it literally
1 hr
Agree ;-)) Thanks, Todd & Monica!
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
11 hrs
Hi Muriel, thanks!
agree Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
1 day 15 hrs
Thanks, Kathleen
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acting

Outra sugestão.

"acting" é um termo usado neste contexto.

Urinary... B. descending or ascending limb of the thin loop of Henle ... D. Heparan sulfate contributes to the filtration function by acting as a charge barrier. ...
hsc-anatomy.tamu.edu/Histology/ Micro_questions/Urinary.html


Bartter syndromeFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... in the Henle's loop of and is the target of the so-. called loop-acting diuretics. BS type 2 is linked to a. gene called KCNJ1 (mapped to chromosome ...
www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-bartter.pdf
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