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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Measurements - adding and abbreviations
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Sebastian Hilbert |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Measurements - adding and abbreviations |
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Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:58:00 +0200 |
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Am Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011, 06:27:17 schrieb Jim Busser:
> … any idea how blood pressure came to be abbreviated "RR"? In idiosyncratic
> North America, we measure blood pressure in mmHg (no doubt using different
> devices than in Europe) and we abbreviate it
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RR = Riva Rocci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipione_Riva-Rocci
Sebastian