Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Bilancia T-A

English translation:

irregular seesaw breathing/paradoxical thoracoabdominal movements

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Italian term

Bilancia T-A

Italian to English Medical Medical: Health Care general
3 y.o. child with severe dyspnea. after treatment with salbutamol:

"Valutazione dopo terapia: polidispnea invariata, FR 50, bilancia T-A, rientramenti al giugulo, SatO2 93-94%"

Any ideas about bilancia T-A?

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irregular seesaw breathing/paradoxical thoracoabdominal movements

It's a clear sign of respiratory distress, which is confirmed by the other parameters.
The kid is not breathing normally.

Paradoxical Thoracoabdominal Movement or "Seesaw Breathing"
https://www.childrensmercy.org/health-care-providers/evidenc...

Paradoxical respiration: ‘Seesaw’ motion with massive pulmonary consolidation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735341/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-018-0049-3

comparsa dei movimenti toraco-addominali paradossi; il torace, infatti, non riesce a espandersi ulteriormente e la respirazione addominale diventa prevalente e scoordinata (“bilancia toraco-addominale”).
file:///C:/Users/b/Downloads/MedicoeBambino_0502_99.pdf

As such, respiratory distress is often defined
as a clinical picture based on observed signs and
symptoms irrespective of etiology [7,10]. Clinical symptoms most
commonly cited as indicators of respiratory distress include
tachypnea [3,7–8,10–17], nasal flaring [3,7–8,10–15,17], grunting
[3,7–8,10–17], retractions [3,7–8,10–17] (subcostal, intercostal,
supracostal, jugular), and cyanosis [3,7–8,10–11,13,17]. Other
symptoms include apnea [3,8], bradypnea [8], irregular (seesaw)
breathing
[8], inspiratory stridor [3,16], wheeze [16] and hypoxia
[8,14].
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/212880113.pdf

L’infermiere di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale (TIN) ha l’importante responsabilità di valutare, in collaborazione con il neonatologo, il grado di difficoltà della respirazione del neonato. Tra le varie scale di valutazione, la più nota è quella di Silverman che considera cinque criteri arbitrari: bilancia toraco-addominale, retrazione intercostale, retrazione xifoidea, dilatazione pinne nasali e gemito espiratorio. Il punteggio viene calcolato aggiungendo i valori 0, 1 o 2 a ciascun fattore che meglio descrive le condizioni del neonato al momento della valutazione.
https://www.infermiereonline.org/2017/08/09/parametri-e-valo...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-018-0049-3
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neutral liz askew : I am sure you are right:)
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Thank you Liz!
agree writeaway : Not my field at all but I know for sure that it's yours and your refs are useful and pertinent. I am also sure you are right
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Thank you, that’s so kind of you
agree Rachel Fell : So am I :-)
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Troppo buona. Grazie!
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29 May 2013 — Di Linee Guida si parla anche nel lavoro di Callegaro, et al. in cui ... con rientramenti al. giugulo, bilancia toraco-addominale e stridore.
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