ICU Curriculum

This article contains some links to information related only to the Critical Care part of the Critical Care and Medicine Database. See Critical Care and Medicine Database Core Curriculum for information that applies to both.

This article does not contain all specific "detailed" elements that are collected for Critical Care. It is a broad overview of key categories.

• Critical Care Elements

• APACHE II Elements
• Significant complications ICU(We do not need this category any more because the number of diagnostic codes is unlimited now).--LKolesar 11:15, 2015 February 4 (CST)
• ICU Variable Codes
• Lab Collection Process
• Pharmacy Elements Collected
• TISS28 -NEW for January 1, 2013 @ 0001 hrs
• Greensheets
• All Projects ICU & Medicine
• All Projects ICU only
  • in temp studies options include:
  • blood type, RVfunction and LVfunction (for cardiac surgery only);
  • IABP; QA infection (for VAP or CLI)
  • QA Septic (only used periodically for septic shock audit)
• Work Schedule Information
• LTV
• Dxs for which special instructions apply
  • Organ Donor
  • VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
  • Central Line Related Blood stream Infection CLI
  • P-Op Resp Failure
  • Septic Shock
  • Cardiogenic Shock