Jan 18, 2012 09:27
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ambulatory (in context)

English to Spanish Medical Medical (general)
Hola,
este es el contexto:

There are pharmaceutical records of patients treated with biological agents not only of outpatients but also of ambulatory ones.

Conozco el matiz de significado entre "ambulatory" en inglés y "ambulatorio" en español, pero no acabo de verlo claro. Agradecería vuestros comentarios.

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liz askew Jan 18, 2012:
Hola Andrés
Ya veo el problema....que tengas suerte con tu cliente para aclarar este asunto. Saludos!
Andrés Martínez (asker) Jan 18, 2012:
Hola Liz,
la verdad es que es bastante confuso; el resto del contexto no aclara nada y barajo incluso que pueda estar refiriéndose a "inpatients" en lugar de "outpatients".
Creo que preguntaré al cliente. ¡Saludos!
liz askew Jan 18, 2012:
Hi, we can never second-guess what the author might mean here. Is there any chance you can ask the client for clarification? Saludos!
Andrés Martínez (asker) Jan 18, 2012:
Hola a todos,
gracias ante todo.
Sí, es una enfermedad inflamatoria, artritis reumatoide.
Barbara L Pavlik Jan 18, 2012:
No se como se dice en español, pero Wikipedia lo defina como un paciente cuyo tratamiento total ocurre en el mismo dia:

"Ambulatory care is a personal health care consultation, treatment or intervention using advanced medical technology or procedures delivered on an outpatient basis (i.e. where the patient’s stay at the hospital or clinic, from the time of registration to discharge, occurs on the same calendar day).[1][2][3]"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulatory_care

Quizás... Andrés, ¿el texto habla de agentes biológicos para enfermedades inflamatorias? Si es así, puede que se me haya encendido la bombilla...
Hum... Pues yo tampoco acabo de verlo claro. Siempre he visto "outpatient" como sinónimo de "ambulatory patient" (punto de vista respaldado por numerosas fuentes), por lo que me extraña que aparezcan como conceptos diferentes.

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pacientes que se administran el agente en casa

Como dije en la sección de discusión, yo siempre he visto "outpatient" y "ambulatory patient" como sinónimos, de ahí mi nivel de confianza bajo.

Sin embargo, los agentes biológicos utilizados en enfermedades inflamatorias (adalimumab, infliximab, certolizumab pegol, etc.) pueden ser administrados tanto en un contexto de paciente ambulatorio (el paciente va a la consulta, una enfermera le inyecta el agente y el paciente vuelve a casa) como por el paciente mismo en casa (mediante pens de inyección).

Es posible que el autor quiera diferenciar los pacientes que acuden a la consulta para que una enfermera les inyecte el agente de los pacientes que se administran el tratamiento a sí mismo en casa.
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agree Sonia Torregrosa : sounds very possible and makes complete sense in context :)
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ambulatorio

La diferencia esta en que el 'outpatient' fue en su momento admitido a un hospital por un dia calendario y el paciente 'ambulatorio' es el paciente que va a consulta y alli mismo recibe los agentes.
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Teaching and learning in outpatients' settings
www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/.../teaching_and_learning_i...
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Outpatient departments and other ambulatory care facilities sit at the interface between primary and secondary care and offer a particular educational ...

outpatients, as far as I am concerned, is associated with hospital visits (in UK)

whereas ambulatory care could be in primary care settings as well as hospital ones:

just a comment

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Payment for Procedures in Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory ...
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by J REHNQUIST - 2003 - Cited by 2 - Related articles
vary between hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers and to assess the effect of ... necessary to deliver care regardless of the setting. ...

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open here

http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-00-00340.pdf

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Ambulatory Care Law & Legal Definition
definitions.uslegal.com › Legal Definitions Home › A
Ambulatory care means medical services offered on an outpatient basis without admission in hospital for treatment. However some outpatient services are ...

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servicios de consulta externa > outpatient services - ProZ.com
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4 Dec 2008 – ProZ.com global directory of translation services .... An outpatient department is a hospital department which is primarily designed to enable ...

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atención abierta > outpatient or ambulatory care - ProZ.com
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15 Oct 2009 – (KudoZ) Spanish to English translation of atención abierta: outpatient or ambulatory care [centros asistenciales, atención médica - Medical: ...

the main difference seems to be that "ambulatory care" involves the patient not being admitted to hospital overnight, but being treated in one calendar day.

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however,
you would think it would make more sense with "inpatients" instead of "outpatients".
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In a hospital setting or not

As I understand it, 'outpatients' always refers to care at hospitals (whether it is just a consultation or a procedure that does not require staying overnight)

Ambulatory care is not in a hospital setting and it can refer to a 'virtual ward' where the patient remains at home. These new virtual wards have been piloted mainly to avoid emergency admissions.
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