HSC Critical Care Collection Guide: Difference between revisions

DIAGNOSES: OR Dx instructions apply for all collectors, VAP to all ICUs, moved accordingly
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===DIAGNOSES===
===DIAGNOSES===


*If a patient is admitted from the OR, the first admit must be a surgery.  This is not true if they are admitted from PACU.


*If the patient is a trauma who subsequently goes to the OR, the diagnosis is found under TRAUMA, e.g. a craniotomy to evacuate a traumatic SDH from an MVA, will be a complication of 'Subdural hematoma-POST-OP - MVA'.  
*If the patient is a trauma who subsequently goes to the OR, the diagnosis is found under TRAUMA, e.g. a craniotomy to evacuate a traumatic SDH from an MVA, will be a complication of 'Subdural hematoma-POST-OP - MVA'.