Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
DES
English translation:
Breakfast (DESayuno)
Added to glossary by
Joseph Tein
May 15, 2013 02:19
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term
DES
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
medication orders - frequency of administration
This abbreviation appears on a page listing a hospital patient's medications: date and time ordered, name of the drug, dose, and when it is to be administered ... for example, every 8 hours, every 12 hours, daily, every 72 hours, as needed, etc. Sometimes the orders specify mealtimes such as comida (lunch) and cena.
The abbreviation "DES" appears in the same column as these every 8 hours, every 12 hours, lunchtime, as-needed, etc. instructions. It goes with the medications Adalat Oros, Duphalac, and Inspra. I would have thought that DES is just an abbreviation for Desayuno, but we also have the abbreviation DNO elsewhere in this column (such as for Lyrica 75 mg: DNO, CDA, CENA), which seems more likely to mean Desayuno.
What does DES stand for here?
Thanks again for your help.
The abbreviation "DES" appears in the same column as these every 8 hours, every 12 hours, lunchtime, as-needed, etc. instructions. It goes with the medications Adalat Oros, Duphalac, and Inspra. I would have thought that DES is just an abbreviation for Desayuno, but we also have the abbreviation DNO elsewhere in this column (such as for Lyrica 75 mg: DNO, CDA, CENA), which seems more likely to mean Desayuno.
What does DES stand for here?
Thanks again for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +4 | BREAKFAST | Emma Goldsmith |
Proposed translations
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4 hrs
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BREAKFAST
I think you're complicating life unnecessarily, Joseph. IMO, DES means desayuno here, even if you've got DNO elsewhere.
Note from asker:
Thanks, Emma. I guess I expect everybody to be as compulsively precise as I am! |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
liz askew
: Indeed - this is how I see it
1 hr
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Thanks, Liz
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agree |
Rachel Fell
2 hrs
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Thanks, Rachel
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agree |
David Brown
: Yes, I agree, its breakfast. But abbreviations is one of the biggest headaches we have
9 hrs
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Thanks, David
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agree |
Zilin Cui
: desayuno~~~ breakfast
12 hrs
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Thanks Mafalda
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Emma. I hope you're enjoying a good one right now."
Discussion
ADALAT 30 mg COM ["comprimidos" I think] - OR - [I think "oral"] - 1- [once a day] - DES
DUPHALAC 10 SOBRES - OR - 1 - DES
INSPRA 25 MG COMP - OR - 1 - DES
So it looks like these are all once-a-day oral doses of the three different medications.
(I would have expected PO for the oral administration, but I think OR probably means the same thing. The other administration routes listed are SC [subcutaneous], IV, and PER [percutaneous] ... they all look like English acronyms.)