DC Treatment

Data Element (edit)
Field Name:	R_dc_treat
CCMDB Label:	not stated
CCMDB tab:	not stated
Table:	L_Log table
Data type:	string
Length:	50
Program:	CC
Created/Raw:	Raw
Start Date:	1988-07-11
End Date:	2300-01-01
Sort Index:	12
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements):	No results

"DC" for critical care patients if life-support treatment is terminated, blank for all others.

• SMW

Legacy implementation right in the table

• Cargo

• Categories

• Forms

The field is on the Dispo tab on the Patient Viewer in CCMDB.mdb.

Defined as terminal withdrawal with expectation of death of:

• invasive mechanical ventilation (ET tube or trach)
• vasopressors or inotropes
• ECMO, VV, ECMO, VA
• VAD (Ventricular assistive device)

Legacy Information

This field was also collected in Medicine until 2013-07-04. Collection stopped because the distinction is not clear enough for coding on a medicine ward.

See Also

See: Comfort Care article.