Number: 2001-067-1-700
Title: Properties and units for function examinations
Task Group
Chairman: Antonin Jabor
Members: Pedro
Soares de Araujo, Ren�
Dybkaer, Urban Forsum,
Wolf R. K�lpmann,
and Gunnar Nordin
Objective:
To work out properties and units for function examinations based
on the former C-NPU commission's concepts and syntactic rules. The
C-NPU commission, maintained as a joint IFCC-IUPAC activity for two
decades, has as its main task to promote and maintain scientifically
and conceptually sound ways of expressing the outcome of measurements
and other examinations in laboratory medicine. The NPU coding scheme
and vocabulary, based on the SI system, concepts theory and high-level
international standards, is the main outcome and should be the cornerstone
for expressing measurements within international communication standards.
> See former
Series on Properties and Units in
the Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Description:
There is no general consensus with regard to the nomenclature
of function examinations (some of these are also called tolerance
tests). Terms of function examinations traditionally contain, e.g.,
the name of a challenge compound, the name of an examined function,
or the name of a component involved. This heterogeneity complicates
the classification necessary for date exchange within the health care
domain. The purpose of a function examination is to evaluate the response
of a tissue, organ or person to the challenge. The outcome is then
interpreted and used in care of the patient. Therefore, it is practical
to define and sort function examinations with respect to the function.
This will increase the practicability of the C-NPU nomenclature, which
will be more pathophysiology-oriented, more educational, and more
usable in connection with health care information systems. The project
conforms to the IUPAC strategic goals 2 and 4 i.e. to promote standardized
nomenclature, symbols, terminology and methodology in the chemical
sciences as well as to facilitate the development of effective channels
of communication in international chemistry community.
Progress:
Last Update: 30 January 2002
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