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]]). | ||
== Iatrogenically changed values == | == Iatrogenically changed values == | ||