Re: [Gnumed-devel] basic test types

[Karsten Hilbert]

> It might be nice if "BP" within the "O" of a sOap" note could be 
> interpreted to be a combined value e.g. 135/86, I am less sure 
Surely possible.

> whether it should then be parsed and rendered into its component SBP 
> (or BP-S) and diastolic BP (or BP-D though "BPD" risks mistaking for 
> the Bi-Parietal Diameter in prenatal care).
For which differentiation we have the long name of the test
type.

[longish description of relative merits of various BP presentations]

> So far, storage of SBP and DBP as separate data seems useful.
Display may still present them as SBP/DBP.

Note that GnuMed also makes it possible to aggregate various
types of BP measurements under a single test type - or several
aggregate test super types even with overlapping contributing
types... So one might define "all BP", "in-house BP",
"right-arm in-house BP", "external BP" etc etc.

Karsten
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