Re: [Gnumed-devel] Measurement workflows - value colour red

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:22:14PM +0200, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> > - when should a clinician "check-mark" a cholesterol level as "irrelevant"
> 
> When
> 
>       - it's known to be higher than normal in this patient
>         (one could define a target range, yes)
> 
>       - Politics or ivory tower academics define normal ranges
>       to which labs slavishly adhere (for fear of
>         litigation) but which are entirely irrelevant to many
>         patients
> 
> Cholesterol is perhaps not the best example. Think GGT

Or, perhaps, HbA1c / blood glucose.

Karsten
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