confondre

Le personnel de l’hôpital, qui a tenté sans succès durant trois jours de lui sauver la vie, l’avait confondu avec un mendiant du fait de l’humilité de ses vêtements.
Initially on his admission the staff of the hospital, who struggled to save his life for three days, took him for a beggar because of his humble attire.
En réalité on avait confondu la vitesse de la vidange gastrique, en effet variable d’un glucide à l’autre, avec le temps nécessaire au glucose pour apparaître dans le sang.
In fact, gastric drainage speed, which in effect varied from one carb to another, was being confused with the time lapse required for glucose to show up in our blood stream.
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