A terminologia em manuais de equipamentos médicos de UTIs: relatos de uma pesquisa terminológica na área da Engenharia Biomédica

Authors

  • Pâmela Teixeira Ribeiro Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Mariângela de Araújo Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • José Alberto Ferreira Filho Universidade Federal de Itajubá - UNIFEI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/cld.2022.201.13

Keywords:

terminologia, equipamentos médicos, Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

Abstract

Abstract: This article reports our research that aimed to analyze the terminology of medical equipment used in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). For this analysis, we used as corpora the official equipment manuals registered by the manufacturers at Anvisa. The theoretical approach used to collect and study the terminological data was the Communicative Theory of Terminology (TCT). This approach establishes procedures for conducting descriptive research in Terminology, considering its context of use, the target audience, terminological variations, and the polyhedral character of the term. After selecting the medical specialty (intensive care) and surveying the standards in force in Brazil for this area, we reached, together with specialists in the field, twenty-five essential medical equipment for the installation of an ICU in a health institution. As a result, it was possible to observe that some devices have well-defined terminology, while others have variants that compete and may lead to conceptual errors. In this article, we present detailed aspects of two groups of concepts that refer to some ICU medical equipment used during the COVID-19 pandemic, which confirm the complexity and need for more work related to the harmonization of this terminology.

 

Keywords: Terminology; Medical Equipment, Intensive Care Unit.

Author Biographies

Pâmela Teixeira Ribeiro, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Doutora em Filologia e Língua Portuguesa – Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Mariângela de Araújo, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Doutora em Filologia e Língua Portuguesa e docente da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). 

José Alberto Ferreira Filho, Universidade Federal de Itajubá - UNIFEI

Doutorando em Engenharia Elétrica e docente da Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI).

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Published

2022-12-30

How to Cite

Ribeiro, P. T., de Araújo, M., & Ferreira Filho, J. A. (2022). A terminologia em manuais de equipamentos médicos de UTIs: relatos de uma pesquisa terminológica na área da Engenharia Biomédica . Calidoscópio, 20(1), 258–278. https://doi.org/10.4013/cld.2022.201.13

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2022):  Número Atemático (v. 20, n. 1 - 2022, jan/abr)

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