ICU Var 6 - AMA
ICU Var 6 has various uses.
Possible Value:
- P - Pre-booked ICU bed. (tag start date: Mar 1/99 GRACE)
- H - Held bed : While patient admitted post procedure in an other ICU. (Tag started at the GRA in 2002. Tag not used much)
- AMA - discharged Against Medical Advice. (Tag start: Date 2006)
- 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 Clindoc.Trish Ostryzniuk 11:59, 2012 December 13 (EST)
- 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)
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)
- 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.
Discussion
H still used?
- 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)
- 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)
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)
- Tina, I am rushed today but essentially a FT patient would never leave AMA. So no worries. Laura (26 Jan 2009)