focusjagt

English translation: search for any focus and infection

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Danish term or phrase:focusjagt
English translation:search for any focus and infection
Entered by: Rosica Dimitrova

18:26 Aug 23, 2018
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Danish term or phrase: focusjagt
Med henblik på focusjagt og infektion laves PET-CT-skanning
Rosica Dimitrova
Bulgaria
Local time: 18:09
search for any focus and infection
Explanation:
It depends on the overall context. "Focus" is often used in oncology, among others, to denote cells that can only be seen when focused on by a microscope, presumably looking for cell changes, etc.
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Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:09
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Summary of answers provided
3to isolate the cause
Tomasz Sienicki
3search for any focus and infection
Helen Johnson
1PET/CT scanning to detect / determine / diagnose / find / identify / locate an infectious focus
andres-larsen


  

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to isolate the cause


Explanation:
CT-scan to isolate the cause and identify the source of the infection

Tomasz Sienicki
Denmark
Local time: 17:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 51
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PET/CT scanning to detect / determine / diagnose / find / identify / locate an infectious focus


Explanation:
PET/CT scanning is performed / is used to detect / determine / diagnose / identify / locate an infectious focus

sources:

Infections identified by 18F-FDG PET in patients with ventricular assist ...
https://appliedradiology.com/.../infections-identified-by-18...
19 oct. 2015 - Positron emission tomography (PET)/CT imaging is most commonly ... They had a PET/CT exam performed to detect an infectious focus ...

18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosing infectious complications in patients ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227801/
FJ Vos - ‎2012 - ‎
24 sep. 2011 - 18F-FDG PET/CT scanning during chemotherapy-induced febrile .... PET/CT to locate an inflammatory (infectious or noninfectious) focus during ...

18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia and ...
ar.iiarjournals.org/content/35/5/2999.full -
V CAMUS - ‎2015 - ‎
We designed a monocentric study to investigate the ability of 18F-FDG-PET in finding the foci of infection in hospitalised patients with chemotherapy-induced FN.

Diagnostic Value of Positron Emission Tomography Combined with ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5306377/
KKW Kampe - ‎2017 - ‎
14 feb. 2017 - Of six sepsis cases, FDG-PET/CT identified an infectious focus in four. ... Hybrid imaging by FDG-PET/CT offers considerable advantages over ...

Contributory Role of Fluorine 18 ... - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003...9/pdf -
AM Dell’Aquila - ‎2016 - ‎
CT was performed to detect infectious focus in patients without external signs of .... The scans were obtained using a hybrid PET/CT system. (Biograph Sensation ...

PET and PET-CT imaging in infection and inflammation: Its critical role ...
www.indianjcancer.com/article.asp?issn=0019-509X;...
S Basu - ‎2010 - ‎
4 dic. 2010 - It is expected that FDG-PET imaging will be used routinely in the near future to determine the presence or absence of an infectious focus, ...

Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing chronic Q fever in ... - NJM
https://www.njmonline.nl/njm/getarticle.php?v=74&i=7&p...
J Hagenaars - ‎
fever, 18F-FDG PET/CT is one of the imaging modalities proposed to identify a focus for infection. However, the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in this selected group ...

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 11:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
search for any focus and infection


Explanation:
It depends on the overall context. "Focus" is often used in oncology, among others, to denote cells that can only be seen when focused on by a microscope, presumably looking for cell changes, etc.


    Reference: http://https://training.seer.cancer.gov/rules/using/definiti...
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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