APACHE physiological variable collection: Difference between revisions

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=== Use of pre-admission ER LAB results ===
=== Use of pre-admission ER LAB results ===
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'''The following refers to an ongoing discussion, not to a change in collection rules:'''
'''The following refers to an ongoing discussion, not to a change in collection rules:'''
As discussed in the [[:Category:Critical Care Review Group|Critical Care Review Group]], the last 4 hours in the ER/OR/ward preceding admission to the ICU may be admissible data for APACHE values ''only if'' there is no data is available for the first 24 hours ''in'' ICU. Is this a rule we are using? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 13:12, 17 October 2008 (CDT)
As discussed in the [[:Category:Critical Care Review Group|Critical Care Review Group]], the last 4 hours in the ER/OR/ward preceding admission to the ICU may be admissible data for APACHE values ''only if'' there is no data is available for the first 24 hours ''in'' ICU. Is this a rule we are using? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 13:12, 17 October 2008 (CDT)