Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

focusjagt

English translation:

search for any focus and infection

Added to glossary by Rosica Dimitrova
Aug 23, 2018 18:26
6 yrs ago
Danish term

focusjagt

Danish to English Medical Medical (general)
Med henblik på focusjagt og infektion laves PET-CT-skanning

Proposed translations

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search for any focus and infection

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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3 hrs

to isolate the cause

CT-scan to isolate the cause and identify the source of the infection
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PET/CT scanning to detect / determine / diagnose / find / identify / locate an infectious focus

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 ...
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