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TQ 72%

English translation: Quick value or PT

19:54 Oct 6, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
Spanish term or phrase: TQ 72%
In lab results, TQ is normally Tiempo de Quick, but that is measured in seconds, not as a percentage! Here TQ is preceded by standard stuff - leucocitos, plaquetas and followed by INR, glucemia ...

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TIA
DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 17:35
English translation:Quick value or PT
Explanation:
I think you are right with Quick value or PT as this is often expressed as a percentage

http://www.coaguchek.com/coaguchek_hcp/en/home/coagulation_m...
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Karen Bolt
Gibraltar
Local time: 18:35
Grading comment
Thanks Karen. The link was very helpful.
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4 +5Quick value or PT
Karen Bolt


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Quick value or PT


Explanation:
I think you are right with Quick value or PT as this is often expressed as a percentage

http://www.coaguchek.com/coaguchek_hcp/en/home/coagulation_m...



    Reference: http://www.coaguchek.com/coaguchek_hcp/en/home/coagulation_m...
Karen Bolt
Gibraltar
Local time: 18:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Karen. The link was very helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susanne Schiewe
3 mins
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães: Yes, this is the "prothrombin activity percentage" or "PTp". Prothrombin time can be expressed in seconds (prothrombin time proper), as a ratio, as percentage in relation to normal activity...
4 mins
agree  Anne Schulz
19 mins
agree  Samuel Sebastian Holden Bramah
1 hr
agree  Phoenix III
1 day 3 hrs
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