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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

HESS

English translation:

OCR Error / HBS (Hepatitis B Serology? / Hormone Basis?)

Added to glossary by Barbara L Pavlik
Dec 17, 2021 08:07
2 yrs ago
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German term

HESS

German to English Medical Medical (general) Fertility
From a medical report on fertility treatment. I've been researching this acronym for a couple of days now with no luck. The only thing I come up with is "High Energy Stereoscopic System" (it even shows up in a list of medical acronyms), but it is used in astrology (the medical acronyms list also mentions that and doesn't mention any medical use. Part of the problem I'm having with my research is that there are soooooo many doctors and scientists named Hess. There is also a Hess test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_test#:~:text=Purpose,bloo... but that is used to assess capillary fragility, and I'm not sure what that would have to do with fertility (not that I'm an expert). Also, since it's all in upper case, I assume it has to be an acronym for something. Thanks in advance for any insights.

"Labor diagnostischer Zyklus am ehesten noch kurz vor Ovulation, wenn dem so ist Ovulationskontrolle + Luteal planen dann HESS am Zyklusanfang, Spermigramm von ihm, oGTT planen"
Proposed translations (English)
1 hepatitis B surface antigen test
4 Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test
2 -1 tourniquet test
References
HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen
Hormonbasis(-Diagnostik)...?

Discussion

uyuni Dec 18, 2021:
Hi Barbara, please don't be too sure...
Why should it be of any importance to obtain a hepatitis B serology in the beginning of the menstrual cycle rather than another time.

Sorry for unsettling your confidence...
Barbara L Pavlik (asker) Dec 18, 2021:
Eureka! Okay, now we are getting somewhere. Amazing what a good night's sleep will do. HBS = Hepatitis B Serology which is the test used to detect hepatitis antibodies:

"The diagnosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is established through serological testing. The diagnostic panel for hepatitis B serology – allowing determination of susceptibility, active infection, or immunity through vaccination or past infection – includes testing for:

hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs)
hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc)"

https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2012/april/hepatitis-b-serology

And there are plenty of references linking HBsAG and anti-HBS to fertility issues. It makes sense in this context, because it comes in a list of tests to be done.
Barbara L Pavlik (asker) Dec 17, 2021:
Change to HBS I've just sent a request to the moderator to change the term from HESS to HBS.
Barbara L Pavlik (asker) Dec 17, 2021:
My Mistake I am soooooo sorry for wasting everyone's time. These files are from some pdfs made from faxes, and I just went to the pdf to double check (should have done that before asking here), and it's an OCR error. It's not HESS but HBS. I feel so terrible. Please forgive me.
thefastshow Dec 17, 2021:
Ok, ich stelle die möglicherweise auch falsche Interpretation "Hormonelle Eierstockstimulationsspritzen" für HESS zur Diskussion. Gemeinhin beginnt eine solche Follikelstimulationsbehandlung mittels FSH am Anfang des Zyklus. Das könnte in dem Kontext Sinn ergeben. Siehe auch hier : https://www.kinderwunschzentrum-ludwigsburg.de/de/ihr-weg-zu...
thefastshow Dec 17, 2021:
@ Barb ... do you have any values and/or units related to the "HESS" ?
uyuni Dec 17, 2021:
w/ Steffen/@Johannes Gleim Johannes, you are underestimating the cryptography of German doctors texts...
Steffen Walter Dec 17, 2021:
Disagree with Johannes This might be sloppy, "jargonese" writing (see the spelling error in "Spermigramm", which should be "Spermiogramm"), but it very much looks like native German.
Barbara L Pavlik (asker) Dec 17, 2021:
@thefastshow It only appears once
thefastshow Dec 17, 2021:
Could you post some more sentences with the term/acronym/abbreviation in question?
Johannes Gleim Dec 17, 2021:
@ Barbara The report is surely not written by any German native. It looks like a bad machine translation. Very inconsistent.

Proposed translations

1 day 4 hrs
German term (edited): HBs
Selected

hepatitis B surface antigen test

Thanks and much appreciated!

Impact of positive hepatitis B surface antigen on the outcome ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › ...·
VCY Lee · 2010 · — There has been controversy about the effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on pregnancy outcome after IVF treatment. A total of 1676...

Hepatitis B surface antigen in oocytes and embryos may not ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › ...·
L Jin · 2016 · — The presence of HBsAg in oocytes and embryos may not result in the vertical ... pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo

IVF testing requirements at PFCLA - Pacific Fertility Center of ...
https://www.pfcla.com › services
Intended parents will also not be allowed to carry a pregnancy should the results come back positive. Hepatitis B Surface antigen (HBsAg). A blood test that ...

Medically assisted reproduction in patients with a viral ...
https://www.eshre.eu › Guidelines › Viral-diseases
PDF
Directly following a positive HBsAg serological test, the use of quantitative or ... Impact of positive hepatitis B surface antigen on the outcome of IVF.

Hepatitis B surface antigen in oocytes and embryos may not ...
https://www.fertstertdialog.com › 1...
1 abr. 2016 — Children from oocytes and embryos infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) were not chronically infected after birth; the HBsAg in oocytes and ...

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Note added at 5 days (2021-12-22 12:07:55 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have been of help!
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : I don't see why you've posted Cillie's answer again.
1 hr
I only did what I was asked to do by Barbara in my reference comments: Please post it as an answer. No more, no less.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for all the hard work. Even though I didn't exactly go with your answer, yours was the most helpful to me. Fortunately, I didn't have to expand the acronym, and I could flag it for the proofreader. If I get any feedback, I will post it here for future users."
1 day 2 hrs

Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test

This might be it? It is a blood test.
Reference:

https://www.bing.com/search?q=hbs+test+medical&cvid=bf24556b41da4f6592c1a829ddf45321&aqs=edge..69i57j69i59l3j69i60j69i61j69i60l2.2099j0j4&FO

Peer comment(s):
neutral Mair A-W (PhD) : if I paste in your link all i get is "There are no results for hbs test medical"
1 hr
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5 hrs

tourniquet test

Actually a Hess test also called tourniquet test may make sense in terms of female infertility. Check:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_test
Check poor platelet function or
Sticky Platelet Syndrome
e.g.:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780264/

Cannot say for sure as I am not super familiar with the topic, hence my confidence level "low".

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2021-12-18 11:59:50 GMT)
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Thank you Barbara, well appreciated! Glad things became clear in the end. :)
Note from asker:
I feel like I owe a special apology to you for having done so much research for naught. You had me convinced, and I was planning to use it until I compared with the pdf and realized my own error. Thanks you for your efforts.
Peer comment(s):
disagree uyuni : As Barbara said, it should have nothing to do with capillary fragility given the context specified...
2 hrs
You did read about sticky platelet syndrome though and the links I sent, did you? Read the wiki link!!
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Reference comments

15 hrs
Reference:

HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen

Impact of positive hepatitis B surface antigen on the outcome ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › ...·
VCY Lee · 2010 · — There has been controversy about the effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on pregnancy outcome after IVF treatment. A total of 1676...

Hepatitis B surface antigen in oocytes and embryos may not ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › ...·
L Jin · 2016 · Mencionado por 10 — The presence of HBsAg in oocytes and embryos may not result in the vertical ... pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo

IVF testing requirements at PFCLA - Pacific Fertility Center of ...
https://www.pfcla.com › services
Intended parents will also not be allowed to carry a pregnancy should the results come back positive. Hepatitis B Surface antigen (HBsAg). A blood test that ...

Medically assisted reproduction in patients with a viral ...
https://www.eshre.eu › Guidelines › Viral-diseases
PDF
Directly following a positive HBsAg serological test, the use of quantitative or ... Impact of positive hepatitis B surface antigen on the outcome of IVF.

Hepatitis B surface antigen in oocytes and embryos may not ...
https://www.fertstertdialog.com › 1...
1 abr. 2016 — Children from oocytes and embryos infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) were not chronically infected after birth; the HBsAg in oocytes and ...
Note from asker:
Thank you so much. That was quite a bit of research. Please post it as an answer.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
disagree uyuni : I am convinced that in a German lab report it would definitely read 'HBsAG', more often 'HBsAg' or ' HBs-Ag'. It doesn't make sense to once more abbreviate an already existing abbreviation.
9 hrs
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1 day 55 mins
Reference:

Hormonbasis(-Diagnostik)...?

Insbesondere wenn der Verdacht auf eine reduzierte Eierstockfunktion besteht (Die ovarielle Reserve, Ovarialinsuffizienz), sollte die Hormonbasisdiagnostik idealerweise am Zyklusbeginn (2.-5. Zyklustag) erfolgen.
https://www.ivf-nuernberg.de/kinderwunsch-forum/ablauf-der-d...

A mere guess...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
neutral philgoddard : Could be!
5 hrs
THX Phil - a doubtful speculation only...;-)
agree Susanne Schiewe : Vielleicht noch zusätzlich ein Typo, d. h. "HBD" ("d" und "s" liegen ja direkt nebeneinander auf der Tastatur) oder das "S" steht für "Status"? Jedenfalls würde dein Vorschlag gut in den Kontext passen.
1 day 51 mins
Danke Susanne; keine abwegige Idee mit dem Typo zusätzlich zum OCR error...
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