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Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg) From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse (el@linux.lisse.na) Fri Mar 5 01:05:48 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: OB: Ultrasound Billing" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: OB: Ultrasound Billing" In reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg)" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg)" On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Robert J. Woolley wrote: > 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. Why so complicated? The hospital's laundry has usually a scale she weill fit on. At least I do :-)-O el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse\ / Swakopmund State Hospital <el@lisse.NA> * | Resident Medical Officer Private Bag 5004 \ / +264 81 1246733 (c) 64 461005(h) 461004(f) Swakopmund, Namibia ;____/ Domain Coordinator for NA-DOM (el108) Next message: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: OB: Ultrasound Billing" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: OB: Ultrasound Billing" In reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg)" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: 300+lb woman ( 134 +kg)"

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