LTV
The "Filter" Variable field is currently only used for tagging those patient that are on Long term ventilator LTV.
- LTV is used only for patients that have been on home/institution ventilation either on an LP 3-10 OR WHERE A DECISION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO START ON A HOME VENTILATOR ON THE SAME ADMISSION.
- Just a consult to home ventilation service is NOT sufficient because some patients are either turned down by the LTV Service or they are successfully weaned off of the ventilator. Example: C spine injury; severe COPD.-- Dr. Dan Roberts--TOstryzniuk 14:06, 14 October 2010 (CDT)
Current Tag used for ICU:
- LTV = Long term ventilator
- The database program is currently not collecting data on any of medicine service wards that care for LTV patients.
Legacy Data
1. HSC-CCU Only. Tag started: Sept 25, 2003, stopped 2005.
- B = CCU patient on B3 only
- H = CCU patient on H7-CCU only
- BH = CCU patient on BOTH B3 & H7-CCU during one admission
Purpose was to capture CCU patient location during ICU CCU bed closure and during some renovations.
2. HSC & STB-CCU patients only. Tags used for ICU:
- CC - intubated/ventilated patient in MICU under care of cardiology service or co-managed with MICU attending
- CCN - not ventilated but requires inotrope support, IABP or central lines in MICU under the care of cardiology service or co-managed with MICU attending
Patients that co-managed by CCU & MICU attending service at the teaching hospitals. This code applies to coronary care patients who are deemed "too sick" for the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and are managed or co-managed in the Medical ICU because they required one or more of the following:
- ventilation
- inotropes
- central lines
- IABP
TOstryzniuk 11:18, 25 September 2008 (CDT)
Instruction on adding LTV to PDA dropdown table
- Open a patient’s file on your PDA.
- Go to Vars etc tab
- Click on filter field slot(this is located just below NOTES field) and you will see the drop down list.
- Select EDIT POPUP LIST to enter table.
- At the bottom of this window you will see the NEW button. Select that and a box will appear with the following: ENTER NEW POPUP VALUE
- Type in: LTV (For now, please Don’t put – Long Term Ventilator beside this label, just LTV)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CREATE A "BLANK" PAGE IN THE TABLE FOR FILTER
- Open a patient file
- Go to the VARS etc. TAB
- Tap on the FILTER box field to view the drop down list
- Select EDIT POPUP LIST
- Select NEW
- Use your space bar on your PDA keyboard tap it once so that the cursor in the box moves over one space.
- Press OK
- Your Filter field should look as follows:
- a
- (Blank row so that if you unintentionally selected an item you can remove it.)
- LTV-Long Term Ventilator
- b
- c