title: A data model for managing drug therapy within a patient data management system for intensive care units.
abstract: The major intent of this article was to describe the design principles of the drug-therapy documentation module of the Patient Data Management System (PDMS) ICUData, in routine use at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of Giessen, Germany, since February 1999. The new drug management system has been in routine use since March 2000. Until 8 January 2001, 1140 patients have been documented using this approach. It could be demonstrated that it was possible to transform the formerly unstructured text-based documentation into a detailed and structured model. The mediated benefit resulted in the automatic calculation of fluid balance. Further, detailed statistical analyses of therapeutic behavior in drug administration are now possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Administrative Data Processing, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany. achim.michel@akad.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Junger
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: Dominik G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Brammen
authors.forename: Gunter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hempelmann
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudeck
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marquardt
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*