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peu ou non survolté

English translation: of normal or slightly increased amplitude


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French term or phrase:peu ou non survolté
English translation:of normal or slightly increased amplitude
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13:37 Jul 28, 2011
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Medical - Medical: Cardiology / EEG
French term or phrase: peu ou non survolté
Help please with On n'observe que la présence rare d'elements lents de 4 à 6, c/sec. peu ou non survolté, diffus


I am no doubt way off but my feeble attempt is : Solely a few slow factors from 4 a 6, c/sec. little or no overexcitation, diffuse
jethro
of normal or slightly increased amplitude
Explanation:
As hinted in the discussion, this is not at all straightforward, particularly as your French author does not seem to have followed the guidelines in at http://www.acns.org/pdfs/ACFDD50.pdf that "the estimated mean amplitude be given in microvolts," avoiding initial subjective judgments.

Slowing of the EEG frequency is a characteristic finding of dementia and the encephalopathies.

So my take on your sentence is something along the lines of:

... there are only occasional scattered slow wave elements of 4-6Hz, of normal or slightly increased amplitude...

I assume "diffus" here means that these patterns are spatially scattered over the entire cortex (as opposed to localised in relation to a focal lesion)
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3 +2of normal or slightly increased amplitude
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of normal or slightly increased amplitude


Explanation:
As hinted in the discussion, this is not at all straightforward, particularly as your French author does not seem to have followed the guidelines in at http://www.acns.org/pdfs/ACFDD50.pdf that "the estimated mean amplitude be given in microvolts," avoiding initial subjective judgments.

Slowing of the EEG frequency is a characteristic finding of dementia and the encephalopathies.

So my take on your sentence is something along the lines of:

... there are only occasional scattered slow wave elements of 4-6Hz, of normal or slightly increased amplitude...

I assume "diffus" here means that these patterns are spatially scattered over the entire cortex (as opposed to localised in relation to a focal lesion)


    Reference: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1138235-overview
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agree  SJLD: nice - you could also say "few if any of high voltage/amplitude"
10 hrs
  -> "few if any" is a nicely faithful indeed (though I chafe slightly against the logic: either there were or there weren't, surely?) But EEG interpretation is a somewhat subjective business, so retaining that nuance is an enhancement. Thanks!
agree  Anne Schulz
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