[Babase] Darting Database Design Questions

Susan Alberts alberts at duke.edu
Thu Jan 14 14:56:44 EST 2010


> 2. Lymph node comments have been inconsistent and Karl and I were  
> discussing a way of coding them.  It has been pretty easy for me to  
> 'standardize' them on this end, but do we want to discuss having a  
> more standard coding for these in the field?  Normal, mild,  
> moderate, or severe inflammation, something like that? Or a number  
> system?
>
> don't understand the question because not sure why your  
> standardization won't work - or will it?
>
> I think my standardization will work, as long as everyone is  
> comfortable with that call being made here and not 'in-situ'.   
> Things like 'mildly inflammed' vs 'slightly inflammed' I take to  
> mean the same thing.

Yes, agreed.

>  Likewise 'severely' and 'very' have been clumped in my mind.

yes, agreed.

>   So as long as everyone is comfortable with that happening in my  
> hands and not in the field, I am fine with that. I just wanted to  
> make sure you were.

Are those the main two things you've done? Maybe we can just go  
through a sort of list and confirm or correct?

Susan
>

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