Re: [Gnumed-devel] basic test types

[Karsten Hilbert]

> > 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.
> sitting,standing,lying
> right arm, left arm, wrist machine, manual arm cuff, manual very large arm 
> cuff
> perhaps far too many
Well, one might define as few or as many types as one sees fit
and note down additional attributes of a measurement in the
comment field. Filtering on the comment field is STILL
possible provided locally consistent comments are used.

Eg., the size of the cuff is intended to *normalize*
measurements, not to provide for different types thereof.
Hence it surly makes sense to not record that as different
types of measurements but rather as textually stored
attributes.

Karsten
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