Feb 27, 2022 00:22
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German term

h.s.

German to English Medical Medical (general) haematology
I'm proofreading an academic paper written by an Austrian:

"There was no response to somatostatin and tranexamic acid, an off-labeloff-label therapeutic trial with thalidomide (100 mg h.s.) for seven days was initiated after the patient‘s informed consent had been obtained."

Just need a quick confirmation that h.s. is "Hora somni", or "at bedtime".

Is this used at all in English as "h.s."? I've never seen it written like this.

If h.s. is not the above, please let me now what you think it is.

Thank you!
Proposed translations (English)
3 h.s. - horis somni / at bedtime
3 +1 h.s.

Discussion

Lirka (asker) Feb 28, 2022:
I just needed confirmation that it indeed stands for "hora somni" and whether it should be left as is in En or rather translated into "at bedtime". Thanks!
" Initiate treatment at 100 to 300 mg orally once a day with water, preferably at bedtime and at least 1 hour after the evening meal; start at the lower end of the dose range for patients weighing less than 50 kg."
https://www.drugs.com/dosage/thalidomide.html
uyuni Feb 27, 2022:
Ambiguity Die empfohlene Dosis von Thalidomid beträgt 200 mg oral pro Tag.
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/t...

Da die in Lirkas Text erwähnte Thalidomid-Dosis 100 (!) mg beträgt, wäre eine eine weitere Möglichkeit, dass "h.s." "half strength" (halbe Dosierung) bedeuten könnte...:

h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:...

Gleichwohl tendiere ich zu der von Dir, Lirka, bereits vorgeschlagenen Option:
h.s.: "hora somni, at bedtime, hour of sleep*...

Proposed translations

10 hrs
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h.s. - horis somni / at bedtime

h.s. is sometimes also seen abbreviated as "hs". i.e. is withour the fullstops.

hs = horis somni and half strength (the latter does not seem to apply here)

One mostly sees "at bedtime" and I have always used it as such.
However, here is one example where both are used, i.e. hs and at bedtime.

Patients and methods: Twenty-eight patients with previously untreated asymptomatic myeloma were treated with thalidomide 100 to 200 mg orally (PO) at bedtime (qhs) with serial increments of 50 to 100 mg at weekly intervals, as tolerated to a maximum of 600 mg PO qhs.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12506164/

(qhs = quaque hora somni = every bedtime or every night at bedtime)

Thalidomide BMS should be taken as a single dose at bedtime, to reduce the impact of somnolence. Capsules should not be opened or crushed (see section 6.6).
No specific dose adjustments are recommended for the elderly ≤ 75 years of age. For patients > 75 years of age, the thalidomide recommended starting dose is 100 mg per day.
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/6317

Due to the sedative effect associated with thalidomide, administration at bedtime is known to generally improve tolerability.
https://www.google.com/url?esrc=s&q=&rct=j&sa=U&url=https://...

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1 hr

h.s.

There are examples of its use on the Web, e.g.
"A multicenter double-blind comparative trial of oral ranitidine, 300 mg hs versus 150 mg bid, was conducted in 89 patients"
"PEPCID 20 mg b.i.d. was statistically significantly superior to 40 mg h.s. and to placebo"
"The patients receiving famotidine were treated with one of three dose regimens, 40 mg h.s., 40 mg b.i.d., or 20 mg b.i.d"

Also https://www.spineuniverse.com/treatments/medication/understa...

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Note added at 10 hrs (2022-02-27 11:05:18 GMT)
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See the last link above for its meaning (but I thought you already knew).

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Note added at 10 hrs (2022-02-27 11:06:06 GMT)
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See the last link above for its meaning (but I thought you already knew).

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Note added at 10 hrs (2022-02-27 11:06:48 GMT)
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Note from asker:
Thanks, but what does it stand for? At bedtime?
Peer comment(s):

agree Z-Translations Translator : h.s= at bedtime, "Thalidomide should be taken as a single dose at bedtime, to reduce the impact of somnolence" https://www.hpra.ie/img/uploaded/swedocuments/c1368b56-ce73-...
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