Glossary entry

Hungarian term or phrase:

felsőtest dekompenzált

English translation:

upper body decompensation (of 2.5 cm to the left)

Added to glossary by Jilt
May 11, 2012 08:30
12 yrs ago
Hungarian term

felsőtest dekompenzált

Hungarian to English Medical Medical: Cardiology Orthepedics
Dear forum,

I think I understood that 'dekompenzalt' can mean that someone show signs of heart failure, but what does it mean here?

Context:
Mozgásszervi Sebészeti Intézet Ortopédiai Klinikai Tanszék
AMBULÁNS LAP
bal váll 2 cm-el alacsonyabban áll. Cristák egyszintben, felsőtest balra 2,5 cm-el dekompenzált, ellapult fiz görbületek. A gerincen kif jobbra konvex héti scoliosis, bordapúp 3 cm.

Thanks!
Jilt

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Hungarian term (edited): felsőtest (balra 2,5 cm-el) dekompenzált
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upper body decompensation (of 2.5 cm to the left)

'Dekompenzált' has to do with scoliosis (orthopedic field).

http://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/Abstract/1999/01150/Con...

by RB Winter - 1999 - Cited by 19 - Related articles
15 Jan 1999 – A 3-year old girl with progressive congenital scoliosis had posterior spinal ... and a C7 plumb line decompensation of 2.0 cm to the left. ... The upper body segment to lower body segment ratio was thus 0.49 (normal in women, ...
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