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Discussed in Nov 21 ICU team meeting: | Discussed in Nov 21 ICU team meeting: | ||
If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent one prior to cooling. Reasoning is that | If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent one prior to cooling. Reasoning is that we don't have a value APACHE tells us to assume normal values. | ||
*cardiac arrest should be cooled to 32°C to 34°C for 12 to 24 hours. | |||
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. | 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 induce problem.[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 23:26, 4 December 2008 (CST) | |||
Revision as of 00:26, 2008 December 5
The temperature field is used to collect a patient's temperature.
The unit used is Celsius.
Refer to General Collection Guidelines for Apache II#When to collect, which value to use for how and when to collect this.
Data Integrity Rules
- (>=20 And <=43.5)
Artificial Cooling
Discussed in Nov 21 ICU team meeting:
If a patient is actively cooled for therapeutic reasons, use the most recent one prior to cooling. Reasoning is that we don't have a value APACHE tells us to assume normal values.
- cardiac arrest should be cooled to 32°C to 34°C for 12 to 24 hours.
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 induce problem.TOstryzniuk 23:26, 4 December 2008 (CST)