Objetivar, objetivádose

22:55 Mar 19, 2018
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Translation from English
Spanish term or phrase: Objetivar, objetivádose
Buen dia.

En la oración "se inció tratamiento con warfarina, objetivándose un descenso plaquetario" se indica que se observa un descenso de plaquetas ?

Gracias.
Ricardo Monasterio
Venezuela
Local time: 15:36


Summary of answers provided
3 +2observing
Muriel Vasconcellos
4with the object of/designed to/aimed at
David Hollywood
3confirm, establish
Anne Schulz
Summary of reference entries provided
past KudoZ questions
Joseph Tein

  

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with the object of/designed to/aimed at


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Platelets, also called thrombocytes are a component of blood whose function is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries. Platelets have no cell nucleus: they are fragments of cytoplasm that are derived from the megakaryocytes of the bone marrow, and then enter the circulation. These unactivated ...
‎Megakaryocyte · ‎Thrombocytosis · ‎Plateletpheresis · ‎CXCL4

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaqueta
Las plaquetas liberan un gran número de factores de crecimiento incluyendo el factor de crecimiento derivado de plaquetas (PDGF, por platelet derived growth factor), un potente agente quimiotáctico, y el factor de crecimiento transformante beta, (TGF-beta, por transforming growth factor) el cual estimula el depósito de ...

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so your sentence might read: aimed at lowering (the) platelet count

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and as an explanatory ref:

https://www.wikihow.com/Decrease-Platelets

Eat raw garlic to decrease the number of platelets in your blood. Raw or crushed garlic contains a compound called "allicin" which affects the body's ability to make platelets, therefore decreasing the number of platelets in the blood. Your body responds to the lower platelet level by improving its immunity, which helps to ...

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and here's something on "warfarin": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin

Warfarin is also used in antiphospholipid syndrome. It has been used occasionally after heart attacks (myocardial infarctions), but is far less effective at preventing new thromboses in coronary arteries. Prevention of clotting in arteries is usually undertaken with antiplatelet drugs, which act by a different mechanism from ...

David Hollywood
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Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joseph Tein: No ... it's not about the "objective" of the treatment, but of the objective finding. It means they found / obtained / the result was ... a decrease in platelets. // See references below:
3 hrs
  -> might be right Joseph
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
observing


Explanation:
This was my first thought, before seeing Joseph's link to Emma's answer.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph Tein: Good first thought! (I think "finding" also works.)
9 mins
  -> Yes, I also thought of 'finding' but wasn't sure it fit the contex without further expansion .

agree  Neil Ashby
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil!
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Objetivar
confirm, establish


Explanation:
Some more options.
If there was previously a suspicion of a decrease in platelets, and then they were measured and found to be decreased in fact, "upon confirmation of a decrease" might work well in your phrase.

Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 21:36
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Native speaker of: German
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: past KudoZ questions

Reference information:
See first this answer by Emma Goldsmith, a highly experienced nurse/translator living in Spain:

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Also see Liz Askew's answer in another Kudoz question about this term:

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/5388631



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Basically, I think that "objetivar" means finding objective signs of something. "Objective" refers to some form of measurement or testing, as opposed to a patient's subjective report.

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Here is one more from a doctor colleague who I think explains it very well:

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/medical_pharma...


    https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/medical_health_care/4532503-se_objetiva_en_este_contexto.html
Joseph Tein
United States
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