Description
Calculate an infant-feed volume residual after recorded remainder and waste.
Neonatal records connect birth-event identity, age wording, posture, monitor intervals and prepared/residual feed quantities. Recorded elapsed age differs from corrected age, and a feed-volume residual differs from verified intake. Pending-screen and channel labels remain supplied administrative observations rather than clinical assessments.
Calculate an infant-feed volume residual after recorded remainder and waste.
When to use this tool
Use Infant Feed Prepared Residual Volume when you already have preparedMilliliters, residualMilliliters, documentedWasteMilliliters and need to calculate an infant-feed volume residual after recorded remainder and waste.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter preparedMilliliters, residualMilliliters, documentedWasteMilliliters. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read unaccountedDifferenceMilliliters. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative prepared/residual/documented-waste mL; return prepared-residual-waste.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| preparedMilliliters | Prepared Milliliters | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| residualMilliliters | Residual Milliliters | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| documentedWasteMilliliters | Documented Waste Milliliters | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| unaccountedDifferenceMilliliters | Prepared-residual-documentedWaste; signed bookkeeping remainder, not verified consumed volume. | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"preparedMilliliters": 60,
"residualMilliliters": 10,
"documentedWasteMilliliters": 5
},
"output": {
"unaccountedDifferenceMilliliters": 45
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Negative residuals are retained; this is not verified consumption, nutritional adequacy or a recommended feed quantity.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Reconcile original birth, monitoring, screening and feeding records for an actual care question. Preserve age and volume bases explicitly; local flags, time differences and unit representations do not establish readiness, nutrition or developmental state.
References
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