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GCISPREMATURE Growth Percentage Function

Use:Determines if Fenton growth chart data is used for a patient when calculating their growth chart percentiles, given a specific date. There are three optional parameters to the function.
Syntax:
{GCISPREMATURE(<<string>>, <<gestweeks>>, <<gestdays>>)}
Arguments:

<<string>>
    Date to check for premature growth data. Defaults to current encounter date. 
<<gestweeks>>
    Gestational age at birth in weeks. 
<<gestdays>>
    Gestational age at birth in days. 
    If gestweeks and gestdays values are not provided, they lookup this information referred in System Administrator > Universal Preferences > Graphing > Gestational Age - Days and Gestational Age - Weeks.
Returns:Returns 1 if premature growth chart data will be used in percentile calculations for the given date and gestational age else returns 0.
Example:

{GCISPREMATURE({example_table_.measurement_date})}
{GCISPREMATURE({example_table_.measurement_date},{example_table_.gest_age_birth_weeks},{example_table_.gest_age_birth_days})}

For example, a baby is born on April 4th 2017, with a gestational age of 34 weeks. This baby is considered premature since its gestational age at birth was less than 37 weeks and returns 1.

Once the patient goes above 50 weeks of gestational age, the function call GCISPREMATURE would return a 0.

For instructions on using this growth percentage function in a custom NextGen® Enterprise EHR growth chart template, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Growth Charts User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR.