[USMA:11692] BMI

[Gene Mechtly]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Paul Trusten wrote:
> 
> ... the electronic documentation of height
> and weight MUST be in SI, so the parameters which appear on the patient
> medication administration record are always SI.

        If the parameters are in SI, they must be height in meters, and
mass in kilograms.  I doubt that they record newtons of weight.

        Do they document Body Mass Index?

        BMI = mass(kg) divided by height(meters) squared.  Weight is not
involved in the definition of BMI.