The Unified Code for Units of Measure is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business.
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UCUM UnitFormat for JSR 363
I'm using JSR 363 "Units of Measurement" with the latest reference implementation:
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UCUM representation of liter
I'm confused about how the UCUM defines the symbol for "liter". Yes I'm aware that historically the symbol l has been used, and that more recently L has been added by standards bodies (see e.g. BIPM SI 8th Edition) as an alternative to l. But I…
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Discrepancy between representation of codes for UCUM in FHIR v OMOP
I’m seeing some differences between what I’m getting in FHIR messages from synthea v. codes in OMOP for UCUM vocabulary. Most of these seem to be around punctuation for lack of a better word (things like _, {, }, [, ], /,. etc.). Examples include…
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UCUM code for ratios
UCUM has a code for percentages, but seemingly none for ratios.
Typically, how would a ratio be encoded as a UCUM code (e.g. units for a "Immature reticulocyte fraction" lab result?)
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