The readings are height of a column of mercury in a mercury manometer. Since no conversions or calibrations are needed, this is often required for clinical trials.
On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at 05:44AM, "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul, > >Now you've got my curiosity going. What is 120/80, or whatever else anyone >has? Is it a gauge pressure, relative to the absolute 760 mm atmospheric >pressure? (So the absolute is say, 880/840, etc) > >Guess you don't want you doctor giving you your blood pressure in >megapascals! > >Nat > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >Sent: Monday, 2007 February 12 20:27 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:37937] Australia's blood pressures measured in kilopascals > >I read today that part of Australia's metrication process included recording >of blood pressures in kilopascals instead of millimeters of mercury. Is mm >Hg now only a U.S. measure? What about Canada? India? South Africa? What >about other countries? > >-- >Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >Public Relations Director >U.S. Metric Association, Inc. >Phone (432)528-7724 >www.metric.org >3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 >Midland TX 79707-2872 USA >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten > > > > >
