Episode 15: Workup, Diagnosis and Treatment

In this lesson, we cover how to talk to a patient who you suspect has pneumonia about a workup, possible diagnosis and treatment.

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Vocabulary

(02:20) to cough - Késòu， 咳嗽

(02:30) shortness of breath - hūxī jí cù，呼吸急促

(02:41) fever - fāshāo ，发烧

(02:53) sputum production - tán yè，痰液

(02:59) symptoms - zhèngzhuàng，症状

(03:07) based on - gēnjù，根据

(03:58) pneumonia - fèiyán，肺炎

(04:05) to suffer from/to have - huàn yǒu，患有

(04:53) to prescribe/to order - chǔfāng，处方

(05:09) tests - jiǎnchá，检查

(06:02) chest - xiōngbù，胸部

(06:24) to take (as in an x-ray/picture) - pāi, 拍

(06:35) sputum culture - tán péiyǎng，痰培养

(06:43) blood work - xuè jiǎn，血检

(07:54) in addition - cǐwài，此外

(08:01) flu - liúgǎn，流感

(08:09) to test - jiǎncè，检测

(09:33) antibiotics - kàngshēngsù，抗生素

(10:00) to take (as in medication) - fúyòng，服用

(11:57) to worsen - Jiāzhòng，加重

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Conversation:

Based on your cough, shortness of breath, fever, and sputum production, you may have pneumonia.

Gēnjù nǐ de késòu, hūxī jícù, fāshāo hé tán yè de zhèngzhuàng, nǐ kěnéng huàn yǒu fèiyán.

根据你的咳嗽、呼吸急促、发烧和痰液的症状，你可能患有肺炎。

I want to order some tests for you.

Wǒ yào gěi nǐ kāi jiǎnchá de chǔfāng.

我要给你开检查的处方。

I would like to order blood work, a sputum culture, and a chest X-ray.

Wǒ yào nǐ zuò xuè jiǎn, tán péiyǎng hé pāi xiōngbù X guāng piàn.

我要你做血检，痰培养和拍胸部X光片。

In addition, I would like to test you for the flu.

Cǐwài, wǒ hái xiǎng yào gěi nǐ zuò liúgǎn jiǎncè.

此外，我还想要给你做流感检测。

The X-ray shows you have pneumonia.

X guāng piàn xiǎnshì nǐ yǒu fèiyán.

X 光片显示你有肺炎.

Please take these antibiotics twice a day for 7 days total.

Qǐng fúyòng zhèxiē kàngshēngsù měitiān liǎng cì, gòng qī tiān.

请服用这些抗生素每天两次，共七天。

If your fever worsens or your shortness of breath worsens, please call

Rúguǒ nǐ de fā shāo huòzhě hūxī jícù jiāzhòng, qǐng dǎ diànhuà lái.

如果你的发烧或者呼吸急促加重，请打电话来。

Do you have any other questions?

Nǐ hái yǒu wèntí ma?

你还有问题吗？