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Use Case(s)
A clinician wishes to record the quantity of a wound exudate.
Artifact
Wound exudate qualitative amount reference setrefset
Purpose
Provide values for recording and retrieving clinical observations / findings / ‘uber-observations’ phenomena that come about from a clinician examining a patient with a wound.
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Large = wound tissues bathed in fluid; drainage freely expressed; may or may not be evenly distributed in wound; drainage involves > 75% of dressing.
Examples of included content
“Wound exudate - None”
Examples of excluded content (counterexamples)
“Scant”, “Heavy, foul-smelling wound exudate”
Zero or one OR Zero or more
Only one value of this refset can be selected.
Editorial Guidelines
Concepts are based on the Bates-Jenson assessment tool for wound exudate amount.
Similar Refsets
Not applicable.
Associated Clinical Quality Measures
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