APACHE physiological variable collection: Difference between revisions

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=== Values during Arrest ===
=== Values during Arrest ===
*'''DO NOT''' use vital signs from arrests.  Instead use the worst values from recordings '''OTHER THAN the code sheet'''.
*'''DO NOT''' use vital signs from arrests.  Instead use the worst values from recordings '''OTHER THAN the code sheet'''.
*You can use labs drawn during arrests, but only do so if these are the ONLY labs available.
**For the lab data, you can use values both from the central laboratory and those done on a bloodgas machine.
*The rationale is that codes are specific, usually short interludes and if it occurs we don't miss it as there should be the ICD10 diagnosis listed for it ([[Cardiac arrest]]).
*The rationale is that codes are specific, usually short interludes and if it occurs we don't miss it as there should be the ICD10 diagnosis listed for it ([[Cardiac arrest]]).
*You can use labs drawn during arrests, but only do so if these are the ONLY labs available.
*For the lab data, you can use values both from the central laboratory and those done on a bloodgas machine.


== Iatrogenically changed values ==
== Iatrogenically changed values ==