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If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent temp just '''prior to''' start of cooling. | If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent temp just '''prior to''' start of cooling. | ||
* If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use a temp at '''4 hours after''' cooling stopped. | * If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use a temp at '''4 hours after''' cooling stopped. | ||
**cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See [[BRR]] for more information about special tagging of these patients. | **cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See [[BRR]] for more information about special tagging of these patients. | ||
If a patient is arriving from the OR cold, use the actual worst temperature since this low temp could also be a negative result of "having been open" for a long time. | If a patient is arriving from the OR cold, use the actual worst temperature since this low temp could also be a negative result of "having been open" for a long time. | ||
*the key to APACHE is not to record iatrogenically induced problem. | |||
*[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 23:26, 4 December 2008 (CST) | *[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 23:26, 4 December 2008 (CST) | ||