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ecls_run

This table stores information about the reason why a patient was put on ECLS.

Definition of a "run"

A run is defined as an exposure to ECLS therapy and the beginning of blood flow through the circuit until the removal of the last cannula. This definition takes into account that patients can be left without support but cannulas are kept in place to take them back on support quickly, if a long-term separation from the circuit is not successful.

Column name Required Data Type
run_id True integer, generated always as identity
start_datetime True timestamptz
stop_datetime (True) timestamptz
person_id True integer
visit_occurrence_id True integer
visit_detail_id integer
urgency_concept_id True integer
start_reason_concept_id True integer
stop_reason_concept_id (True) integer

.run_id

The primary key column.

.start_datetime

Stores the timestamp of the beginning of the run. This is equivalent to the start of blood flow through the first circuit.

.stop_datetime

Denotes the stop of the run.

.person_id

The foreign key to the person table.

.visit_occurrence_id

The foreign key to the visit_occurrence table.

.visit_detail_id

The foreign key to the visit_detail table.

.urgency_concept_id

The foreign key to the concept table.
This attribute defines how urgent the initiation of ECLS was.

Allowed concepts:

concept_id concept_code concept_name
4093606 25876001 Emergency
4013731 103390000 Elective

.start_reason_concept_id

The foreign key to the concept table.
Patients can be put on ECLS for various reasons. Typical use cases are respiratory distress, cardiogenic shock, trauma or during resuscitation (ECPR). Use one of these concepts as main reason why a patient was put on ECLS. Child concepts might also be used.

Warning

Due to the nested structure of SNOMED CT some of the concepts might belong to multiple parent concepts and ex-post analysis whether the leading cause for ECLS was a traumatic injury might be difficult. Make sure to collect primary and secondary diagnoses accordingly and store them in the OMOP CDM condition_occurrence table.

For example, (90070003) Pneumothorax due to trauma (disorder) is a (320136) Disorder of respiratory system as well as (440921) Traumatic injury.

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)

ECPR is defined as the use of veno-arterial ECMO during cardiac arrest, where conventional CPR is stopped as soon as blood flow is established. For ECPR use the Resuscitation concept.

Allowed concepts (including child concepts):

concept_id concept_name
320136 Disorder of respiratory system
134057 Disorder of cardiovascular system
4205502 Resuscitation
440921 Traumatic injury

.stop_reason_concept_id

The foreign key to the concept table.
Record the reason why the run was stopped.

Refer to Stop reasons for details on stopping the run, circuit and/or component properly.