Term: Critical Care and Medicine (CCMED) Data

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2018-11-13

Definition:

The Critical Care and Medicine (CCMED)data contains episodic information for individuals admitted to any one of the six adult intensive care units (ICUs) in Winnipeg or to one of the four Medicine wards in Winnipeg.

The types of ICUs include:

Critical Care data collected includes: patient demographics, length of stay, diagnoses, complications and comorbidities, APACHE II scores, lab test results, pharmacy collection and therapeutic interventions for each episode of care.

Medicine data collected includes: patient demographics, length of stay and transfers among Medicine wards, diagnoses, complications and comorbidities, functional status (Activities of Daily Living (ADL)) scores, APACHE II scores, and Patient Task Tracking Nursing work items.

NOTE: This data is an update to the separate, inactive Critical Care / Intensive Care Unit (IUCU) and Medicine databases held in the Repository.

For more information on Critical Care and Medicine data, see the:

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