flache Inspirationslage

English translation: poor inspiratory result, poor inspiratory film

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German term or phrase:flache Inspirationslage
English translation:poor inspiratory result, poor inspiratory film
Entered by: Bettina Grieser Johns

08:39 Jul 3, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / Lunge
German term or phrase: flache Inspirationslage
Arztbrief. Der ganze Satz lautet:

Röntgenaufnahme des Thorax.
Beurteilung: Flache Inspirationslage wahrscheinlich durch adipösen Habitus bedingt.

Ich habe im Deutschen nur drei Treffer für diesen Begriff gefunden. Ich bin nicht sicher, worauf sich "flache" bezieht - irgendetwas ist flach bei der Inspiration, aber was? Im Englischen finde ich auch nichts Eindeutiges.

Wie immer, vielen Dank für Eure Hilfe!
Bettina Grieser Johns
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:39
poor inspiratory result, poor inspiratory film
Explanation:
Eine weitere Möglichkeit.

"There are many reasons why a film may not be obtained in full inspiration. Massive obesity is a mechanical cause, pain in a patient postoperatively results in voluntary restriction, the cardiac patient with CHF is unable to displace the edema fluid in the 'waterlogged' lungs, and the patient with chronic restrictive lung disease cannot expand his/her chest to expected maximum because of scarring and loss of compliance in the lung tissue. For all these reasons, the term "poor inspiratory result" is used rather than "poor inspiratory effort". A film is considered to be in optimal inspiratory result when we are able to see the diaphragm crossing the tenth rib or interspace posteriorly or the eighth rib anteriorly. The reader is cautioned not to fall into the pitfall of diagnosing 'nondisease' in a patient with a poor inspiratory film.
https://books.google.de/books/about/Clinical_Radiology.html?...


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Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 18:39
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Very difficult to choose the best answer here, as they are all possibles - thank you so much for your help! I went with Anne's answer because I think this expresses best not only that it is poor/shallow/suboptimal inspiration but also what is the consequence. And the reference explains it beautifully. Thanks again to all of you - don't know what I would do without you in these situations....!
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Summary of answers provided
5shallow breathing
Cillie Swart
4shallow inspiration
metranslations
4Lungs not fully inflated on X-ray
Lirka
3Suboptimal inspiration
Renee Kulkarni MD
3poor inspiratory result, poor inspiratory film
Anne Schulz


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Suboptimal inspiration


Explanation:
Optimal chest x-rays are obtained in deep inspiration. I would imagine that conditions such as obesity (or poor general health etc) would preclude adequate an adequate inspiratory effort.6

Renee Kulkarni MD
India
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shallow inspiration


Explanation:
There's shallow and deep breathing. Since the patient is obese, shallow inspiration (or shallow breathing) is more likely due to his/her body weight.


    https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/physiology/courses_respiratory_mgl9.aspx
metranslations
Canada
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Lungs not fully inflated on X-ray


Explanation:
This refers to the level of inflation/expansion of lungs for the purposes of taking an X-ray (rather than hypoinflation/collapse in conditions such as atelectasis)



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https://books.google.hr/books?id=yE8tBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA301&lpg=P...

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 18:39
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
shallow breathing


Explanation:
the x ray is showing that the patient is not breathing deeply. Lage here refers to condition or situation. But I would leave that out you don't need it.


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=flachinspiration
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 19:39
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2 days 49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
poor inspiratory result, poor inspiratory film


Explanation:
Eine weitere Möglichkeit.

"There are many reasons why a film may not be obtained in full inspiration. Massive obesity is a mechanical cause, pain in a patient postoperatively results in voluntary restriction, the cardiac patient with CHF is unable to displace the edema fluid in the 'waterlogged' lungs, and the patient with chronic restrictive lung disease cannot expand his/her chest to expected maximum because of scarring and loss of compliance in the lung tissue. For all these reasons, the term "poor inspiratory result" is used rather than "poor inspiratory effort". A film is considered to be in optimal inspiratory result when we are able to see the diaphragm crossing the tenth rib or interspace posteriorly or the eighth rib anteriorly. The reader is cautioned not to fall into the pitfall of diagnosing 'nondisease' in a patient with a poor inspiratory film.
https://books.google.de/books/about/Clinical_Radiology.html?...




Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 18:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 373
Grading comment
Very difficult to choose the best answer here, as they are all possibles - thank you so much for your help! I went with Anne's answer because I think this expresses best not only that it is poor/shallow/suboptimal inspiration but also what is the consequence. And the reference explains it beautifully. Thanks again to all of you - don't know what I would do without you in these situations....!
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