AP Sys BP Field
The AP Sys BP data input field records systolic blood pressure value.
The field is related to AP Dias BP Field; although they are separate fields they must come from same reading!
The details of collection for ICU and medicine are different. For the timeing and which value to use, see:
- for ICU: Mean BP
- for medicine: MOST score timing of assessment
Data use
Apache Systolic BP is used for the MOST score.
This is one of the values used to calculate the Mean BP for APACHE II.
The AP Sys BP must be >=25 And <=360.