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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Medication schema - how to represent concentration
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Jim Busser |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnumed-devel] Medication schema - how to represent concentration |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:12:44 -0700 |
On 2011-09-04, at 12:08 PM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>> but how shall I store entities like
>>
>> 13.7 g / 100 g (for example medication in creams)
>>
>> 50 mg / 5 ml (for example cough syrups)
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Shall I make
>>
>> amount = 13.7
>> unit = g / 100 g
>>
>> amount = 50
>> unit = mg / 5 ml
Sorry, my question was not how to store the instructions to the patient (in
substance_intake).
It was how to store in consumable_substances.
The values 'amount" and 'units' carry simple values only for solid forms like
tablets and capsules. Liquid forms (and some powders) require to express
a certain amount of medication
in
a unit of volume or weight of the product
e.g. aluminum hydroxide 165 mg per 5 mL
so there really is no other sane way of storing in consumable substance, other
than to put the 165 in the 'amount' and 'mg per 5 ml' in the 'unit'.
??
-- Jim