Hi Heather. Happy New year and the best wishes for a great 2008
Op 5-jan-2008, om 4:57 heeft Heather Leslie het volgende geschreven: > Finger is not currently available as a location ? I have had mixed > advice about its use. I'm not aware of a finger cuff, but there are certainly pulse cuffs and these are widely used when it comes to 'home measurements'. Please also add pulse to the location of measurement. In that respect: it also might be of interest to now whether it is measured at the left or at the right side of the body. For plain arm BP measurements le/ri differences are well known, so it's necessary to be able to discriminate between them Why do you talk about 'adult thigh' at one hand and 'large adult' at the other. If one visually see this in a pop-up choose box it might be handier to put adult in front all the time, so it becomes easier to see all of the variables at once: adult (normal) adult large adult small adult thigh It might also be wise, as Gerard suggested, to put the cm range behind it, so to be able to discriminate between cuff sizes on a more 'scientific ground'. While thinking about it: what is the purpose off these different cuff sizes? IMO it is to make sure that the cuff fits well and is not to loose and not to tight. So might it not be better to add another parameter: Cuff fits well y/n. This seems the only parameter (with regard to cuff size) that is relevant in order to asses if the measurement is performed correctly This also solves the issue brought up by Melvin if one uses a neonatal cuff to measure BP at a finger:-). As long as the cuff fits properly that is possible (provided that BP measured at a finger in itself is reliable) What is the difference between a pediatric/child and a infant cuff? Cheers, Stef -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20080105/4512a49c/attachment.html>
