[Gnumed-devel] reference ranges for lab tests

[James Busser]

Example:

NTE|||Special Reference Ranges - Prolactin\.br\*   *   *   *   *    
*   *   *   *   *   *   *\.br\Female ...........: 2.7 - 26.0 ng/mL\.br 
\Postmenopausal ...: 1.8 - 17.9 ng/mL\.br 
\.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


> was Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Lab importing Re: Bootstrap of (test)  
> lab data
>
> On 11-Feb-08, at 3:20 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>
> > This seems to me an argument in favour of "unreferenced values are
> > (scientifically speaking) of no use". Nonetheless the previously
> > mentioned axiom still holds: never lose patient data. IOW we'll have
> > to store those less-than-useful values
>
> Also, the lack of reference values (in the reference range field)  
> can arise when labs (pathologists) explain special reference ranges  
> in the comment field.