It is good of you to promote metric height numbers.
However, I do not like centimeter.
I want schools to stop teaching and using centimeter.
I also want schools to stop teaching inch-pound numbers.
So, I want height to be in millimeters.
The number can be to the nearest 10 millimeters.
Body mass index BMI uses height in meters, often shown with
two decimal places, that is, to centimeter resolution. I say
we should get used to millimeter height and make it a habit
to shift to meters for BMI.
Thanks for all your good work.
Robert Bushnell
On Jul 29, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Paul Trusten wrote:
Another small victory for the metric system in heathcare! I wote to
the author of Global RPh, an extremely useful Web site for
pharmacists' drug information. Within its armaementarium are quite
a number of calculators for things like body service area,
creatinine clearance, and other values. When you first get to each
of these calculators, the default measurement units are kilograms
for weight, but INCHES for height! This might be dangerous! So,
yesterday, I finally broke down and wrote the author, asking him to
please change the default for height to centimeters. As you can
see, he agreed.
----- Original Message -----
From: D. McAuley, GlobalRPh
To: trus...@grandecom.net
Sent: 29 July, 2009 06:42
Subject: Re: default units for height
Hello Paul,
In the past I tried to keep everyone happy.... however, I think its
time
to have default metric selections. It will probably be some time next
week before these changes are made.
Thank you for the suggestion....
Dave
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David McAuley, Pharm.D., R.Ph.
GlobalRPh Inc.
ad...@globalrph.com
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--- On Mon, 7/27/09, trus...@grandecom.net <trus...@grandecom.net>
wrote:
From: trus...@grandecom.net <trus...@grandecom.net>
Subject: default units for height
To: webmas...@globalrph.com
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 6:38 PM
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(trus...@grandecom.net) on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 20:38:10
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subject1: Globalrph form
MessageType: Suggestion
comments: On your calculators, please consider setting your Web
sites default units for patient height to centimeters instead of
inches. Your default units for weight are in kilograms. Only metric
units should be used for patient parameters.
name: Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
verifyemail: trus...@grandecom.net
Telephone: (432)528-7714
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