Aug 5, 2009 19:55
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Espirometria: CVF, VEF, PEF
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Hi,
This is a medical text in Spanish.
"La funcion respiratoria fue evaluada mensualmente a traves de la espirometria, valorandose los parametros de CVF, VEF1, CVF/VEF1, PEF25-75%, PEF."
I have figured out that CVF is capacidad vital forzada or FVC (forced vital capacity) and that VEF1 is volumen expiratorio forzado or forced vital capacity (FVC). In these two cases it seems that the acronyms were put in Spanish in the medical text although I found many Spanish sites on the Internet where the acronyms used were the English ones.
What I am stuck on is PEF, which corresponds to the English acronyms for Peak Expiratory Flow. I don't see why they would have used two sets of acronyms in Spanish and then one in English in the same text, unless they made a mistake. And I have not found anything in Spanish that would be equivalent to PEF. Help!
Any suggestions welcome, and thank you so much in advance.
Patsy Weist
This is a medical text in Spanish.
"La funcion respiratoria fue evaluada mensualmente a traves de la espirometria, valorandose los parametros de CVF, VEF1, CVF/VEF1, PEF25-75%, PEF."
I have figured out that CVF is capacidad vital forzada or FVC (forced vital capacity) and that VEF1 is volumen expiratorio forzado or forced vital capacity (FVC). In these two cases it seems that the acronyms were put in Spanish in the medical text although I found many Spanish sites on the Internet where the acronyms used were the English ones.
What I am stuck on is PEF, which corresponds to the English acronyms for Peak Expiratory Flow. I don't see why they would have used two sets of acronyms in Spanish and then one in English in the same text, unless they made a mistake. And I have not found anything in Spanish that would be equivalent to PEF. Help!
Any suggestions welcome, and thank you so much in advance.
Patsy Weist
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | FVC, FEV1, PEF |
Dr. Jason Faulkner
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| 4 | Spirometry FVC, FVC1, PEF |
Andrew Campbell
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Proposed translations
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FVC, FEV1, PEF
I missed the small error in the answer above.
FVC = forced vital capacity.
FEV 1 = forced expiratory volume at one second. Not FVC1.
PEF = Peak expiratory flow.
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Note added at 31 mins (2009-08-05 20:26:41 GMT)
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I was commenting before I changed my agree above that it seems that the proliferation of English acronyms, especially as written by physicians in medical charts, has to do with the widespread use of medical equipment labeled in English. When I worked in Mexico, all of the ventilators and PFT machines we used were U.S. brands with U.S. labeling, so everyone wrote parameters in the charts using English abbreviations though we had to translate them when presenting the information on rounds.
FVC = forced vital capacity.
FEV 1 = forced expiratory volume at one second. Not FVC1.
PEF = Peak expiratory flow.
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Note added at 31 mins (2009-08-05 20:26:41 GMT)
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I was commenting before I changed my agree above that it seems that the proliferation of English acronyms, especially as written by physicians in medical charts, has to do with the widespread use of medical equipment labeled in English. When I worked in Mexico, all of the ventilators and PFT machines we used were U.S. brands with U.S. labeling, so everyone wrote parameters in the charts using English abbreviations though we had to translate them when presenting the information on rounds.
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Andrew Campbell
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Spirometry FVC, FVC1, PEF
I understand your logic of why 2 but not 3 but it's just an idiosyncracy of language development and how things cross over from one langauge to another (and our part as translators). Even though you've actually done the work for this translation, I would stand by your research and leave PEF as is (by which it is Peak Expiratory Flow).
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Dr. Jason Faulkner
: VEF1 is FEV1 (forced expiratory volume at 1 second), not forced vital capacity (FVC). Other than that, it's all there.
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