Re: [Gnumed-devel] Request For Comment

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:55:42AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> By the way on the CurrentMedicationList page I think that the word  
> "dose" should be replaced by "strength" since the "dose" would be the  
> instance of taking an amount, whatever that amount would be whereas  
> "dosage" is the amount a person is supposed to take.
>
> Is it ok for me to change "dose" to "strength" ?

Sure, whatever the correct verbiage is it should be !

> I think one-half and one-quarter may satisfy most use cases if these can 
> be appended to whole numbers:
OK.

> e.g. if a patient is taking an oral anticoagulant (warfarin or  
> nicoumalone) with a base strength of 2mg but their dosage is five mg  
> daily their instruction could be
>
>       Coumadin | warfarin | 2mg | - | - | 2.5 (two and one-half) | - |
Agree.

BTW, we usually give instructions on phenprocoumon in
"tablets" which would make the above:

        Coumadin | warfarin 2mg | 1 | - | - | 1.5 (one and one-half) | - |

Karsten
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