ICU Var 6 - AMA

ICU Var 6 has various uses.

Possible Values:

• P - Pre-booked ICU bed. (tag start date: Mar 1/99 GRACE)
  • is it still used at all, and should we continue to collect? What do we do with it? Ttenbergen 16:02, 2013 December 16 (CST)
• H - Held bed : While patient admitted post procedure in an other ICU. (Tag started at the GRA in 2002. Tag not used much)

• • If H is not used much - is that because there are not many, or because it is not being entered? Is Julie actually using it? If not, it also should be made legacy... Ttenbergen 03:22, 24 July 2008 (CDT) Ttenbergen 11:59, 2 November 2010 (CDT)Ttenbergen 16:02, 2013 December 16 (CST)
  • Also, the definition of H above doesn't really explain to me how this would be supposed to be used. If we keep this, could that be clarified? Ttenbergen 12:43, 2 May 2011 (CDT)Ttenbergen 16:02, 2013 December 16 (CST)
    • you can search Var 6 for ICU and see the last time it was used. If long time ago so we should stop and remove it from list for Var 6. It was requested tag by Grace medicine director but likely not used anymore. Don't know if Julie ever reported to that site or not. If I have time I will look. If not you are welcome to look.Trish Ostryzniuk 18:39, 2014 January 20 (CST)
    • H - Hold the ICU bed without the body in it. Grace wanted to know how many ICU beds they were holding while patient went for proceedures elsewhere.
      • there is a total of six "H" in var 6: 3 for Grace (2002 & 03), 1 for CON (2003), 1 for OAK (2007) and 1 for STB (2008). Hum.......Remove H code from Var 6 for ICU is my suggestion.Trish Ostryzniuk 18:55, 2014 January 20 (CST)
• AMA - discharged Against Medical Advice. (Tag start: Date 2006)

Data Structure

See Category:Variable_codes_1_to_6 for details

Legacy Data

• S - Study patient. Any patient enrolled in an ICU study. (tag started: July 1999)
  • Primary reason to use this tag was to ID those patients that had more than average blood test done during their ICU admission. A number of patients in clinical trials had agreed to additional lab tests for monitoring. This use to affect the average lab test stats, so we tagged them as "S" and had the option to exclude if study is reason to be an outlier.
    • "S" removed as option in CCMDB.mdb Ttenbergen 11:59, 2 November 2010 (CDT)
• FT - Fast Track cardiac surgery patient @ STB. (Tag start date: Jan 26.07)
  • NOTE 2 MICU beds used for FT April 20, 2010 to January, 2012 due to Cardiac Sciences staff shortage. Trish Ostryzniuk 14:25, 2012 May 30 (CDT)
    • STOP coding FT only in VAR 6- Dec 13.12. Information not coded in STB Electronic Patient Record.Trish Ostryzniuk 11:59, 2012 December 13 (EST)

Discussion

What if conflicting values apply?

• What if several apply? I.E. what is to be coded if a patient is both "P" and "AMA"? We can't record both, so likely they should not all be recorded in the same variable. If none can be dropped, we need to prioritize the importance of coding them, and Julie needs to put that caveat on her numbers. --Ttenbergen 03:22, 24 July 2008 (CDT)
  • Tina, I am rushed today but essentially a FT patient would never leave AMA. So no worries. Laura (26 Jan 2009)
    • but how about a pre-booked (P) fast tracked (FT) patient? Ttenbergen 12:01, 2 November 2010 (CDT)