Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

epikrise

English translation:

discharge letter, remarks on discharge

Added to glossary by stephen mewes
Oct 10, 2005 09:51
18 yrs ago
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Danish term

epikrise

Danish to English Medical Medical: Health Care
Vi har ikke nogen epikrise herfra, men iflg. pt. har kommunen bedt xxx om en statusbedømmelse of pt.s psykise tilstand

Proposed translations

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discharge letter, remarks on discharge

I have used Remarks on Discharge when this comes as a summary at the end of notes.

'Klinisk ordbog' gives epikrise as:
efterbetragtning, det sammendrag eller uddrag af sygehistorien, evt. med diskussion oaf denne, som er anført i slutningen af en journal. Anvendes ofte synonymt med udskrivningsbrev, dvs. det resumé af sygehistorien ... som sendes til patientens egen læge, efter afslutningen af et hospitalsforløb.

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Note added at 1 hr 36 mins (2005-10-10 11:28:00 GMT)
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or discharge summary/summary on discharge.

Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Haxen : Interesting! Seems that epicrisis is used in that sense in many European languages - but not in English.
2 hrs
Dorland does give epicrisis in the same sense as the Danish, but it also appears as a 'secondary crisis', and 'epicritic' refers to nerves of touch and temperature, so the term is 'occupied' or associated with other meanings.
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epicrisis (if one), epicrises (if more than one)

Sammendrag og evt. diskussion af sygehistorein efter journalen. (Def. Gyldendals Røde Fremmedordbog)
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epicrisis (if one), epicrises (if more than one)

Sammendrag og evt. diskussion af sygehistorein efter journalen. (Def. Gyldendals Røde Fremmedordbog)
Peer comment(s):

neutral Anna Haxen : Not in this context. Note that the reference cited is Norwegian.
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Discharge summary

From personal experience working with physicians.
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