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From these 34 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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Entry twenty-three is la tracheotomia, and its first half carries an old mistake worth knowing about. The Greek physicians called the windpipe trakheia arteria, the rough artery. Trakhys means rough or rugged, and the tube really is ridged all the way down by its rings of cartilage, so it feels rough under a finger in a way the smooth vessels beside it do not. Arteria was at that time a name for any pipe thought to carry air, because the vessels found empty in a body after death were taken to do just that. Medicine later dropped the noun and kept the adjective on its own, which is why the trachea is, strictly speaking, called « the rough one » and nothing else. The tail of the word is plain: -tomia is a cutting, the same element as in « anatomy ». So la tracheotomia names an incision into the rough pipe, and it is worth holding apart from the opening left there afterwards, which both languages call a tracheostomy, la tracheostomia, on stoma, a mouth.
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svezzareto weanVerbC2
Il medico prova a svezzare il paziente dal respiratore.The doctor tries to wean the patient off the ventilator.
compensareto stabiliseVerbC2
Il primo compito è compensare il paziente, poi si cerca la causa.The first task is to stabilise the patient, then the cause is looked for.
il limite terapeuticothe ceiling of treatmentNoun (m)C2
Il limite terapeutico viene scritto in cartella prima della crisi.The ceiling of treatment is written in the notes before the crisis.
il deterioramento clinicothe clinical deteriorationNoun (m)C2
Il deterioramento clinico si annuncia nei parametri prima che nell’aspetto.Clinical deterioration shows in the readings before it shows in the face.
il giro di repartothe ward roundNoun (m)C2
Il giro di reparto comincia dai casi più instabili.The ward round starts with the least stable cases.
il farmaco vasoattivothe vasoactive drugNoun (m)C2
Il farmaco vasoattivo mantiene la pressione.The vasoactive drug keeps the pressure up.
il delirio da rianimazioneintensive care deliriumNoun (m)C2
Il delirio da rianimazione arriva spesso di notte.Intensive care delirium often arrives at night.
il rapporto infermiere-pazientethe nurse to patient ratioNoun (m)C2
Il rapporto infermiere-paziente decide quanto spesso qualcuno guarda il monitor.The nurse to patient ratio decides how often somebody looks at the monitor.
il trasferimento in un altro ospedalethe transfer to another hospitalNoun (m)C2
Il trasferimento in un altro ospedale richiede un’ambulanza attrezzata.Transfer to another hospital needs a fully equipped ambulance.
il colloquio con i familiarithe meeting with the familyNoun (m)C2
Il colloquio con i familiari si tiene in una stanza tranquilla.The meeting with the family is held in a quiet room.
il controllo delle infezioniinfection controlNoun (m)C2
Il controllo delle infezioni comincia dal lavaggio delle mani.Infection control starts with washing hands.
l’allarme del monitorthe monitor alarmNoun (m)C2
L’allarme del monitor suona anche quando il paziente sta bene.The monitor alarm sounds even when the patient is doing well.
il giro di consegnethe handover roundNoun (m)C2
Il giro di consegne passa da un turno all’altro senza fogli persi.The handover round goes from one shift to the next without losing a sheet of paper.
i criteri di ricoverothe admission criteriaNoun (m)C2
I criteri di ricovero dicono chi entra e chi resta al piano.The admission criteria say who comes in and who stays on the ward.
