How to screen patients admitted due to trauma and query blood transfusion information?

[xujiameng]

I am using the HIRID database to screen patients admitted for trauma, but the database does not seem to contain information about the diagnosis of admission or the type of treatment the patient receives. Can I screen patients admitted to the hospital for trauma through other channels?

In addition, by searching keywords, I retrieved the following IDs related to blood transfusion in the table:
1000050, 1000744 (Transfusion of plasma (FFP))
1000100, 1000743 (Intravenous blood transfusion of packed cells)
1000245, 1000201 (Platelet transfusion)

But` I am not sure if I have missed other fluids related to blood transfusion.

[Ti-Yao]

Hi Jiameng,

You can screen for trauma patients using the 9990002 "APACHE II GROUP" and 9990004 "APACHE IV GROUP" vairables. Then the lookup table for trauma patient is found here so should be values 103 and 194 respectively.

As far as I am aware there is no information on the diagnosis of admission, perhaps you can contact the authors.