Chema Nieto Castañón May 3:

If as you say this is an entry with no value or test result associated, it seems it would not make much sense to provide no matter how educated a guess here; it would probably be safer to obviate VPR, provided there is no more context from where to dilucidate its meaning and taking into account that VPR must a test that either hasn't been performed -or its results have not been registered. Unless you can communicate with the author and learn its intended meaning.

Patrick Bearne May 3:

Could it be "vein pattern recognition"? It's maybe a bit out there, but it is used apparently in patient identification.

https://www.infosecinstitute.com/resources/general-security/...

And this one:
https://www.imprivata.com/why-palm-vein

Katy Robinson (asker) May 1:

Isabelle: Yes, certainly!

Phil: It's a table showing patient IDs and which data is missing from their records. So, all I know is that the VPR value is missing, with no unit of measurement provided. I'm afraid there really isn't any more context to give.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions so far!

philgoddard May 1:

What does the table show? What are the row and column headings, and are there any values associated with these? Does VPR have a unit of measurement?

philgoddard May 1:

Since this is about edema, and they're measuring leg circumference, I wonder if VPR is another measurement taken or calculated at the same time.

The circumference is used to obtain the leg volume, so maybe VP is 'volumen pierna'.

Isabelle Villancher May 1:

Also consider that... ...if 'VPR' were a standard acronym, it would be easy to determine the term it stands for. Poor writing is not uncommon.

Katy Robinson (asker) May 1:

There isn't any more context, unfortunately.
The phrase I quoted appears many times as an entry in a table, but VPR only appears in this exact phrase and is not used in any other way in the document. The other table entries say things like "blood test" or "urinalysis".

philgoddard May 1:

Hi Katy Could we have a bit more context, please - all we have is a sentence fragment. What does the whole sentence say? Or, if it's a heading, what does it say underneath?

You say it occurs frequently - perhaps you could give us some more examples.

I'm also surprised that the abbreviation is used multiple times without explanation.

Chema Nieto Castañón May 1:

¿Alguna pista de uso intratexto de VPR que pueda facilitar la referencia original del acrónimo?

Hernan Casasbuenas May 1:

Consider this En un contexto médico donde se menciona "perímetro de la pierna y V.P.R.," es probable que "V.P.R." se refiera a "Valoración de la Presión de Reposo." Este término puede utilizarse en estudios que miden la presión sanguínea en las extremidades para evaluar condiciones como la insuficiencia vascular periférica o para realizar pruebas de índice tobillo-brazo, que ayudan a detectar problemas de circulación.