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TP

English translation: PR prothrombin ratio

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French term or phrase:TP taux de prothrombine
English translation:PR prothrombin ratio
Entered by: SJLD

09:42 Jul 30, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / hospitalization report
French term or phrase: TP
Not sure if TP could refer to prothrombin rate here.

"Elévation du Pro-BNP à 5680 pcg/ml. Le TP était effondré à 11% avec un INR à 7.8"
Gwynneth Kably
Local time: 05:44
prothrombin ratio
Explanation:
it's neither a time nor a rate but a ratio

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-07-30 09:56:21 GMT)
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nor a level if expressed as a percentage

http://www.doctorslounge.com/hematology/labs/inr.htm

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SJLD
Local time: 05:44
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3prothrombin ratio
SJLD
2 +1taux prothrombine - prothrombin level
NKW (X)
3Prothrombine Ratio / PR
Daniel Piloni
Summary of reference entries provided
taux de prothrombine
Joanne Archambault

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
taux prothrombine - prothrombin level


Explanation:
I have seen this abbreviation translated thus on many occasions. An alternative is 'temps prothrombine' - prothrombin time

NKW (X)
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  amanda solymosi
6 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Prothrombine Ratio / PR


Explanation:
Could it be this ?

Daniel Piloni
France
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joanne Archambault: correct answer, but not EN spelling
2 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
prothrombin ratio


Explanation:
it's neither a time nor a rate but a ratio

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-07-30 09:56:21 GMT)
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nor a level if expressed as a percentage

http://www.doctorslounge.com/hematology/labs/inr.htm



SJLD
Local time: 05:44
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1923
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thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hilary Wilson
41 mins
  -> thanks Hilary
agree  Joanne Archambault
2 hrs
  -> thanks Joanne
agree  Lionel_M (X)
1 day 11 hrs
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: taux de prothrombine

Reference information:
Le TP est normalement compris entre 70 à 100 %.

Donc un taux de 11% est vraiment un effondrement!


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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-07-30 12:07:32 GMT)
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took me a while to get my brain around how one goes from a time measurement to a percentage value, but this WIKI article explains it nicely...


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taux_de_prothrombine
Joanne Archambault
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 277

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Chris Hall
29 mins
  -> thanks Chris
agree  Lionel_M (X)
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Merci Lio
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