Nurses use data, too!: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Cuffed inflated tracheotomy tube.png|thumb]] Tracey and the data collector email Julie, the statistician for the database, to find out if the information could be filtered to only include patients with tracheostomies. Julie replies that it would be possible to limit the readmission report to only patients with a tracheostomy from the sending ward.

After some further conversation, they decide that they will extract the following information from the database:

* List and Frequencies of diagnoses for tracheostomy patients who were ~~re-admitted~~, and for trach patients who were not readmitted for the last 5 years

* List and Frequencies of diagnoses for tracheostomy patients who were readmitted, and for trach patients who were not readmitted for the last 5 years

* A list of patients with a trach who have been ~~re-admitted~~ to ICU after having been discharged in the last 5 years, including

* A list of patients with a trach who have been readmitted to ICU after having been discharged in the last 5 years, including

** The full list of diagnoses, and diagnosis type (admit, complication, comorbid) and the part of the stay where the dx was coded (ie during ICU admission or during med ward stay)

** Time between discharge from ICU and readmission

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 [[File:Cuffed inflated tracheotomy tube.png|thumb]] Tracey and the data collector email Julie, the statistician for the database, to find out if the information could be filtered to only include patients with tracheostomies. Julie replies that it would be possible to limit the readmission report to only patients with a tracheostomy from the sending ward.
 After some further conversation, they decide that they will extract the following information from the database:
-* List and Frequencies of diagnoses for tracheostomy patients who were re-admitted, and for trach patients who were not readmitted for the last 5 years
+* List and Frequencies of diagnoses for tracheostomy patients who were readmitted, and for trach patients who were not readmitted for the last 5 years
-* A list of patients with a trach who have been re-admitted to ICU after having been discharged in the last 5 years, including
+* A list of patients with a trach who have been readmitted to ICU after having been discharged in the last 5 years, including
 ** The full list of diagnoses, and diagnosis type (admit, complication, comorbid) and the part of the stay where the dx was coded (ie during ICU admission or during med ward stay)
 ** Time between discharge from ICU and readmission