Temperature
| Data Element (edit) | |
| Field Name: | Ap_Temp |
| CCMDB Label: | Temperature |
| CCMDB tab: | not stated |
| Table: | L_Log |
| Data type: | number |
| Length: | single |
| Program: | CC |
| Created/Raw: | Raw |
| Start Date: | 1988-07-11 |
| End Date: | 2300-01-01 |
| Sort Index: | 57 |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | |
The patient's worst temperature in the first 24 hours after admission.
Select the value that would generate the highest score from the APACHE Scoring table. A physiological element collected for APACHE II.
Artificial Cooling
Discussed in Nov 21.08_ ICU team meeting:
If a patient is actively cooled for therapeutic reasons, use the most recent temp just prior to start of cooling.
- If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use a temp at 4 hours after cooling stopped.
- cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See BRR for more information about special tagging of these patients.
If a patient is arriving from the OR cold, use the actual worst temperature since this low temp could also be a negative result of "having been open" for a long time.
- the key to APACHE is not to record iatrogenically induced problem.
- TOstryzniuk 23:26, 4 December 2008 (CST)
Template:CCMDB Data Integrity Checks
- (>=20 And <=43.5)