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Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg)From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@tc.umn.edu)Thu Mar 4 18:00:24 1999
In message <l03102803b304942c1114@[209.20.9.128]> writes: > Our practice booked a woman today who we cannot weigh on our scale which > goes up to 300 lb or 134 kg. We weigh women routinely because our OB > consultants expect to see it and we never know which women will end up > seeing the OB. If it was up to us (ie based on evidence, not on community > standards) we would only weigh women who were underweight at booking. > > My questions are > > 1. would list members arrange to weigh this woman? I'll pass on the interesting questions of whether it's of proven benefit for such a case, and only point out that it's not terribly difficult to weigh somebody over 300 lbs on a 300-lb scale, using the rubber-band technique. You will certainly lose some precision, but I would guess you can get within 5 lbs or so, if she's not over, say, 400. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota
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