Remek, When I was interviewed for anesthesia prior to my heart surgery, I gave my body mass in kilograms and my height in meters. The anesthesia MD told me those are the units he prefers for application of gas in units of ml/s for each kilogram of body mass. Gene.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:52 -0400 >From: Remek Kocz <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:46096] RE: Metric-only doctor visit >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Here's the scoop from the 3rd year medical student > currently rotating through a family medicine clinic > (i.e. me): > Medicine is taught mostly in metric. There is a > very strong trend among hospitals towards metric > usage only. This is at least due to a couple of > obvious factors: medical literature is predominantly > metric, and major hospitals are frequently teaching > institutions...
