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Library for Tidepool's timeline-style diabetes data visualization(s) used in Blip
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Consider rename Blood Glucose section to just Glucose #37

Open ianjorgensen opened 10 years ago

ianjorgensen commented 10 years ago

Technically the blood glucose section shows blood glucose form smbg and interstitial fluid glucose from cgm. To be correct and not potentially confuse somebody i suggest we rename the section to Glucose.

jebeck commented 10 years ago

I'm curious as to who you think we'd be confusing...docs? I can't imagine any patients being confused by the imprecision.

That said, I don't really care what we use ;)

brandonarbiter commented 10 years ago

@ianjorgensen I agree with @jebeck here. I don't think it's going to confuse anyone either way. In fact, technically the CGM data are not interstitial fluid glucose as you've suggested, rather they are "estimated blood glucose" values derived from interstitial fluid glucose. So calling them "Blood Glucose" is not inaccurate.

That said, I also don't think it would confuse anyone to call it "Glucose" as @ianjorgensen suggests. Jana, do you have an objection "on principle" that I'm not thinking of?

If not, we can pass this to @skrugman and Saleh to see if, from the design and medical perspectives, they prefer to call this "Glucose" or "Blood Glucose".

jebeck commented 10 years ago

Glucose seems to me like we're literally talking about something similar to table sugar, but I don't have strong feelings.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:37 PM, brandonarbiter notifications@github.comwrote:

@ianjorgensen https://github.com/ianjorgensen I agree with @jebeckhttps://github.com/jebeckhere. I don't think it's going to confuse anyone either way. In fact, technically the CGM data are not interstitial fluid glucose as you've suggested, rather they are "estimated blood glucose" values derived from interstitial fluid glucose. So calling them "Blood Glucose" is not inaccurate.

That said, I also don't think it would confuse anyone to call it "Glucose" as @ianjorgensen https://github.com/ianjorgensen suggests. Jana, do you have an objection "on principle" that I'm not thinking of?

If not, we can pass this to @skrugman https://github.com/skrugman and Saleh to see if, from the design and medical perspectives, they prefer to call this "Glucose" or "Blood Glucose".

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/tidepool-org/tideline/issues/37#issuecomment-41480132 .

brandonarbiter commented 10 years ago

Sent to Saleh for input.

AbouSteif7 commented 10 years ago

The correct and precise term would be "Glucose". CGMs don't really report true Blood Glucose, there is no scientific method to "calculate" that, even though Dexcom does adjust for the lag between blood and interstitial fluid, so it is closer to blood glucose level, but it is not true BG.

I appreciate your attention to details.

Speaking of details, I prefer the legend symbols (Carbs, Recommended, Delivered, etc.) be placed BEFORE/ON THE LEFT OF the words describing them, not after. Also, consider saying "Recommended bolus" and "Delivered bolus".

brandonarbiter commented 10 years ago

@AbouSteif7 Thanks Saleh! I'm labeling this as P3 - aesthetic change request for pilot, not required to launch.

skrugman commented 10 years ago

I don't think the labels should be before the words of what the graphs are as it isn't a sentence. I would be okay with them placed on the right of the words rather then the far left if that makes it any better for you @abouSteif7

On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 6:41 AM, brandonarbiter notifications@github.comwrote:

@AbouSteif7 https://github.com/AbouSteif7 Thanks Saleh! I'm labeling this as P3 - aesthetic change request for pilot, not required to launch.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/tidepool-org/tideline/issues/37#issuecomment-41488335 .