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NHS Lothian Critical Care

Summary

Abstract

Data relating to patients requiring critical care treatment (i.e. in intensive care and high-dependency units) in the NHS Lothian area, such as admissions, severity of illness, organ-support treatments and therapies, and outcomes of treatment.

Keywords

Publisher

  • Name
    DataLoch
  • Logo

    Not available

  • Description
    Not available
  • Contact point
    Not available

Documentation

Description

NHS Lothian Regional Patients" data for visits to critical care (High Dependency or Intensive Care), as recorded in the Ward Watcher systems, at NHS Lothian hospitals: Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (RIE), Western General Hospital (WGH) or St John"s Hospital at Howden. A limited extract of the regional database contributes to the Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) database of patients admitted to adult general Intensive Care Units (ICU) in Scotland. Dataset include episodes, admission specialties, severity of illness (APACHE acute physiology), treatments (such as therapies, ACP, drugs, trials) and infections (Healthcare Associated Infections also known as Hospital Acquired Infections or nosocomial infections) and obstetrics.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland, East Lothian, United Kingdom, Scotland, West Lothian, United Kingdom, Scotland, Midlothian

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1995
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Weekly
  • Distribution release date
    Not available

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Not available
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Secondary care - In-patients

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    Project-specific restrictions

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Not available
  • Resource creator
    Public Health Scotland, Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Text/csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Technical information

A JSON file is available with further technical information. This can include details of variables and data classes contained in the dataset.

Preview of JSON file

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