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NHS Lothian Critical Care
Population Size
Not reported
Years
1995
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Scotland
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Lead time
Not applicable
Summary
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.
Documentation
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.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Associated media
Keywords
DataLoch, ICU, Intensive Care, SICSAG, SIMD, High Dependency Unit, Public Health Scotland, PHS
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Events | Number of critical care admissions | 17000 | Count | 17 Aug 2022 |
Provenance
Collection source setting
Secondary care - In-patients
Patient pathway description
Critical care data, limited to NHS Lothian.
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Details
Publishing frequency
Weekly
Version
1.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Citation Requirements
Public Health Scotland, Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group
Coverage
Start date
01/01/1995
Time lag
1-2 weeks
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Other
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
OTHER
Format
text/csv
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Access service description
Jurisdiction
GB-SCT
Data use limitation
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
NHS Lothian
Data Processor
University of Edinburgh