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cytokine storm

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19:56 Jan 4, 2021
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical: Health Care, Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: cytokine storm
Definition from Oxford English Dictionary:
an overactive immune response occurring in various infectious and non-infectious diseases, characterized by the excessive production of cytokines and resulting in intense localized or generalized inflammation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Researchers aren’t sure what percentage of severely ill patients will die from a cytokine storm, or even why some people who are infected will go on to have this reaction, while others won’t WebMD
  • Like many other viruses, particularly SARS, MERS, and influenza, the cytokine storm has been used as a warning sign for clinicians to recognize disease escalation. News Medical
  • The combination of hyperinflammation, coagulopathy, and low platelet counts places patients with cytokine storm at high risk for spontaneous hemorrhage. The New England Journal of Medicine
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5furtuna de citokine
Alina O.


  

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furtuna de citokine


Definition from Wikipedia:
Furtuna de citokine este o eliberare explozivă de citokine inflamatorii ce vizează diferite organe, generând adesea disfuncționalitate și în multe cazuri moartea

Example sentence(s):
  • Acest antagonist de receptor de IL-6 a fost folosit la un subgrup de pacienți cu forme severe de COVID-19 la care există o activare excesivă a inflamației („furtună de citokine“). - Just.ro  
  • Producția excesivă de citokine proinflamatorii (factorul de necroză tumorală alfa, interleukin 6 și interleukina 1 beta), descrisă ca o “furtună de citokine” se asociază cu un risc crescut de hiperpermeabilitate vasculară și insuficiență multiplă de organ, cu o rată mare de mortalitate. - Synevo  
Alina O.
Romania
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 12
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