Eventually you/we will also probably want to add length as a vital sign as that is about 0.8 cm. different from height, or stature, in the young children and uses a different chart in the growth charts from CDC.
Nancy Anthracite On Wednesday 16 February 2005 10:33 am, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > Hey all, > > I am working on getting my nurse's menus set up, so I > have wandered onto the issue of vitals. I want to > write what I have learned, because I can't find a > documentation manual on the vitals package (GMRV) > > 1. Here are the possible vitals that VistA can track: > > ABDOMINAL GIRTH AG > AUDIOMETRY AUD > BLOOD PRESSURE BP > CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE CVP > CIRCUMFERENCE/GIRTH CG > FETAL HEART TONES FT > FUNDAL HEIGHT FH > HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE HC > HEARING HE > HEIGHT HT > PAIN PN > PULSE P > PULSE OXIMETRY PO2 > RESPIRATION R > TEMPERATURE T > TONOMETRY TON > VISION CORRECTED VC > VISION UNCORRECTED VU > WEIGHT WT > > 2. Some Menus for entering vitals: > > TPR B/P Wt. and Pain [GMRV TPRBW] > Edit a Vital/Measurement Entered in Error [GMRV ERROR > EDIT] > Vitals/Measurement Data Entry ... [GMRV V/M ENTRY > MENU] > > 3. In the above menus, there is no way to enter all > the vital signs listed above (i.e. fundal height). > Here are some modifications that could be changed to > add this functionality. > > First, there are menus such as GMRV PULSE to enter > just pulse, or GMRV WEIGHT for entering weight, or > combo menu potions such as GMRV TPR B/P ROUTINE for > entering temp,pulse,bp etc. Each of these menus > executes a similar line of code: > > D ENTACT^GMRVED4 I $D(GMRVDBA) S GMRENTY=2 D > EN2^GMRVED0 > > The difference between the options is the GMRENTY=x > part. > > Here are the possible values for GMRENTY: > > GMRENTY=1:"T;P;R;PN;" > GMRENTY=2:"T;P;R;BP;PN;" > GMRENTY=3:"T;P;R;BP;HT;WT;PN;" > GMRENTY=4:"T;P;R;BP;WT;PN;" > GMRENTY=5:"T;P;R;BP;" > GMRENTY=6:"BP;P;" > GMRENTY=7:"P;" > GMRENTY=8:"WT;" > GMRENTY=19:"CG;" > GMRENTY=18:"PN" > GMRENTY=20:"PO2;" > GMRENTY=21:"CVP;" > > The string, e.g. "T;P;R;BP;PN;", is then parsed, and > each relevent value is input. > > I haven't completely picked through this part yet, but > it should be just a matter of extending the code to > accept other symbols. > > I am working on this because I want to be able to > enter height someday. > > Hope this helps someone. > > Kevin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
