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GIM Data Dictionary

Clinical Orders (raw)

  • Filenames:
    • Train: train_clinical_orders.csv
    • Valid: valid_clinical_orders.csv
    • Test: test_clinical_orders.csv

  • Table Purpose: This includes the start and stop times for all clinical orders in the data. The data includes the following variables: ENCOUNTER_NUM, variable, order_start, order_end. The variables order_start and order_end are provided in hours in admission to the GIM ward. The prefix to each value in the variable column describes the type of order (e.g: diet, telemetry, neuro, cardio, etc…). The values from the variable column is the value used to name columns in the pre-processed data. Start and end times less than 0 are measurements that would have taken place before the patient was in the GIM ward (e.g. while in the emergency department).

  • Number of rows:
    • Train: 107,983
    • Valid: 15,394
    • Test: 5,869
  • Links to: ENCOUNTER_NUM

Table columns

Column name Description
ENCOUNTER_NUM Identifier used for each encounter.
variable Clinical order. Prefix describes order type. Orders correspond to the ones described here.
order_start Start time of order (as hours since admission to GIM ward).
order_end End time of order (as hours since admission to GIM ward).