Data Description Cases

The cases table is the base table of the SICdb dataset, CaseID is the identifier that relationally connects all data. For each admission to our intensive care unit one CaseID is generated. To identify readmissions, a PatientID is provided. The time between the first admission and the current is stored in field OffsetAfterFirstAdmission.

TimeOfStay is the time in seconds from Metavision admission to Metavision discharge. This time may begin with the preceding surgery, and ends when the case is closed.

There are 3 fields indicating survival. DischargeState indicates the state of the patient on ICU discharge, this data is taken from the Metavision discharge form. HospitalDischargeType gives information about how this case was closed in the clinical information system. OffsetOfDeath is the time in seconds from admission to death. This field also takes further stays into consideration and is, opposite to DischargeState and HospitalDischargeType, not linked to the stay identifier. Take into consideration that OffsetOfDeath cannot be used as long-term survival information, because it will only be set if the patient died within a stay in hospital.

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Name	Type	Description	Comment
CaseID	Integer	A randomly assigned identifier	CaseID is unique to each admission.
PatientID	Integer	A randomly assigned identifier	PatientID is unique to each Patient, useful to identify readmission
AdmissionYear	Integer	Year of admission
TimeOfStay	Integer	Time of stay (seconds)	Time from primary metavision admission, to last discharge. In cases, where the patient is admitted to ward after surgery, this will include surgery time.
saps3	Float	Simplified Acute Physiology Score III
HospitalDischargeType	Reference	Type of hospital discharge.	This field indicates survival.
DischargeState	Reference	Type of icu discharge	This field indicates survival on icu
DischargeUnit	Reference	Unit the patient was discharged to, as selected in Metavision discharge form
OffsetOfDeath	Integer	Seconds from primary admission to discharge with state 'deceased'.	Includes normal ward stay.
Sex	Reference
WeightOnAdmission	Float	Rounded to +-5kg
HeightOnAdmission	Float	Rounded to +-5cm
AgeOnAdmission	Integer	Rounded to +-5y, over 90 set to 90
HospitalUnit	Reference	Last unit using this case
ReferringUnit	Reference	Referring unit as selected in admission form	Note: Unfortunatly in some cases "Notaufnahme" is selected here, so the referring unit is not specified in these cases.
ICD10Main	Text	ICD10 main code
ICD10MainText	Text	ICD10 main text
DiagnosisT1	Text	Diagnosis field 1
DiagnosisT2	Text	Diagnosis field 2
DiagnosisT3	Text	Diagnosis field 3
SurgicalSite	Reference
Premedication	Text	List of premedication	Unfortunately in Austria we still use trade instead of substance names...
InterventionsText	Text	List of interventions
HoursOfCRRT	Integer	Hours of continuous renal replacement threapy this admission	Note: This field will be moved into data table soon
AdmissionFormHasSepsis	Reference	A mandatory field in the admission form
HeartSurgeryAdditionalData	For heart surgery patients there is additional data collected	Yes if applicable
HeartSurgeryCPBTime	Integer	Bypass time
HeartSurgeryBeginOffset	Integer	Offset in seconds from ICU admission to cut
HeartSurgeryEndOffset	Integer	Offset in seconds from ICU admission to end of surgery
OffsetAfterFirstAdmission	Integer	If a patient has more than one admission, this is the offset in seconds from the first