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Program
 Swedish Growth Charts - BVC 2000
Date of support information
 2002-03-22
Support #
  
Topic
 List of patient data variables
   

Introduction
The growth chart object contains a number of predefined patient data fields that is used to "communicate" patient data to the growth chart. Use the code in the example to set any of these variables.
Syntax PatientData.Field['Name of field']
     
Patient Record
Complete once per patient. Fields in bold are mandatory
Name of field
Field type
Description
ID String ID of the child. Normally the Swedish Personnummer, but no controls are applied to this field. For display purposes only.
FirstName String First name of the child. Displayed on the upper part of the growth chart.
SurName String Surname of the child. Displayed on the upper part of the growth chart.
BirthDate Date Date of birth.
Sex String Just a text string giving the sex of the patient. Used to display the sex on the growth chart, so it should be in the local language. Example "Male" and "Female" or "Pojke" and "Flicka".
IsMale Boolean Important variable which determines the layout and references of the graph.
GAWeeks Integer Gestational age in weeks (only count full weeks).
GADays Integer Gestational age in days (Min=0, Max=6) (to be added to GA weeks to determine the exact Gestational age. If the value is left unassigned, but GA weeks is completed GA days is assumed to be 3.5.
BL Float Birth length in centimeters. This field is only used to fill in the birth length boxes. It is not used in the graphs.
BW Float Birth weight in kilos. Use three decimals to give enough accuracy as birth weight is often measured and recorded in grams. This field is only used to fill in the birth weight box. It is not used in the graphs
BHCirc Float Birth head circumference in centimeters. This field is only used to fill in the birth head circumference box. It is not used in the graphs
FatherHeight Float Father's height in cm
FatherWeight Float Father's weight in kg
FatherHC Float Father's head circumference in cm
MotherHeight Float Mother's height in cm
MotherWeight Float Mother's weight in kg
MotherHC Float Mother's head circumference in cm
Menarche Date [Female only] Date of menarche.  
     

Graph settings
 Complete once per patient. Fields in bold are mandatory
Name of field Field type Default value Description
CorrectedAgeCurve Boolean False If set to True additional curves will be traced for all children with a gestational age that is less than 37 weeks, showing the growth based on their corrected (biological) age as well as chronolgical age.  
ShowAllPubInfo Boolean False Normally only the first visit for each reached pubertal stage will be plotted in the puberty graph section. By setting this field to True puberty info for all visits will be shown. (Note that puberty is not displayed on the BVC graph.)
     

Visit Record
Complete one of these records per visit. Fields in bold are mandatory. 
Name of field Field type Description
DateVisit Date Date of visit. Only used to display dates in the data tables.
Height Float Height in cm at this date.
Weight Float Weight in kg at this date.
HeadCirc Float Head circumference in cm at this date.
PH Integer Pubic hair pubertal stage (1-5) at this date.
BG Integer Breast (female) or genital (male) stage (1-5) at this date.
TestisL Integer Volume of left testis in ml at this date.
TestisR Integer Volume of right testis in ml at this date.
Menarche Boolean Set date of menarche to this visit date. Alternative to the field with the same name in the patient record.