Hi to all, Cuff size names are the problem?
To me its simple: All cuffs have a size. Sizes are expressed as ..., mm, cm, m, dm, hm, km, ... What terms people have for a cuff size is decided among them selves. It changes from context to the next, from community to the next, from one language to the next, even from one dialect to the next. Are pigmee adults as big as Masai or Dutchman? But the cuff size is and always be expressed in xxx centimeters. GF -- <private> -- Gerard Freriks, MD Huigsloterdijk 378 2158 LR Buitenkaag The Netherlands T: +31 252544896 M: +31 620347088 E: gfrer at luna.nl Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755 On Jan 4, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Ian McNicoll wrote: > I am impressed by Tom's dedictaiton to detail!! but I'm not sure > that, at least in GP-land, such considerations of variations in cuff- > size definition amount to very much when set against the huge number > of other confounding variables such as patient anxiety/anger, > doctors rounding down to the nearest 10mmHg, constricting clothing > etc,etc,etc > > I am happy with the broad defs of cuff sizes and don't feel we need > to be, or indeed can be, overly precise in this area. > > Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20080105/54318b27/attachment.html>
