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Apr 20, 2011 07:08
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Swedish term
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EVEF
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patient notes
Patient notes concerning cardiac problems (e.g. coronary angiography).
In a list of lab analysis responses: Hb 1xx, *EVEF 0.51*, trombocyter....
Is this a typo for something else? EF is usually ejection fraction but I can't find anything other than LVEF that would be similar.
TIA
In a list of lab analysis responses: Hb 1xx, *EVEF 0.51*, trombocyter....
Is this a typo for something else? EF is usually ejection fraction but I can't find anything other than LVEF that would be similar.
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +2 | EVF |
Malberg
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| 5 | echocardiographically assessed ventricular ejection fraction (EVEF) |
Sven Petersson
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EVF
Perhaps a possibility?
Or maybe “B-EVF” (blood erythrocyte volume fraction)
Synonyms:
erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF)
hematocrit (Ht or HCT)
packed cell volume (PCV)
See these links:
http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&biw=1182&bih=565&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematocrit
Or maybe “B-EVF” (blood erythrocyte volume fraction)
Synonyms:
erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF)
hematocrit (Ht or HCT)
packed cell volume (PCV)
See these links:
http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&biw=1182&bih=565&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematocrit
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
SJLD
: most likely - and the value is plausible (0.51) - AKA haematocrit, expressed as fraction or percentage - 51% - upper limit of normal
8 hrs
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| agree |
Cynthia Coan
: EVF is consistent with info. in my Cressy's Swedish-English medical dictionary (i.e., EVF=erytrocytvolymfraktion=hematocrit).
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