LTV

The "Filter" Variable field is currently only used for tagging those patient that are on Long term ventilator, (LTV).

LTV tag in the filter field is used only for patients who are already 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