["ARCHIDIA": a system for patients' data collection and computerized filing. Part I. Methodology].
This report describes a computer based program of patient clinical data collection: the ARCHIDIA system. The project relies on descriptive analysis of clinical events according to well defined methodological criteria. This allows the formulation of a concise diagnosis which is, at the same time, exhaustive of all essential information. Two are the basis principles of this methodology: To define, as accurately as possible, the logical steps necessary to elaborate the diagnosis, that is construed by a sequence of codes. To define all the conditions that must be followed so to use any code in a controlled and independent way. These criteria were derived from literature. The major claim of the system is likely to be the introduction of a "common language" between different ICUs. Uniformed diagnostic and clinical criteria are the main source of large data collection for descriptive, analytic and prospective studies. After a one year pilot study performed by 4 ICUs, ARCHIDIA was used, in 1991, by 20 centers from the area of Milan, Pavia, Como, Varese (70% of total) and 4148 patient data were collected. A descriptive analysis will be reported in the following paper.
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I Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Niguarda di Milano.
Dei Poli
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Guarino
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Navalesi
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Radrizzani
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Ravizza
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Roveda
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Sicignano
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Vesconi
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D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software
Sistema di raccolta dati paziente e archiviazione computerizzata "ARCHIDIA". Parte I--Metodologia.