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A network data base system for children with cardiac disease--echocardiographic data of MCLS
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A computer database system was developed to store and share medical data for children with cardiac diseases, aiming to prevent sudden cardiac death in schoolchildren. This system standardizes data entry across hospitals for better information exchange.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Medical Informatics
- Public Health
Background:
- Sudden cardiac death in schoolchildren remains a significant concern.
- Effective management of pediatric cardiac diseases requires comprehensive and accessible medical information.
- Existing data management systems may lack standardization for inter-hospital data exchange.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a computer-assisted network database system for children with cardiac diseases.
- To facilitate the storage and exchange of medical information among multiple hospitals.
- To aid in the prevention of sudden cardiac death in school-aged children due to heart conditions.
Main Methods:
- Implementation of a PANAFACOM U-1500 computer system at Shimane Medical University Hospital.
- Design of a standardized questionnaire format for computer-assisted data entry across different institutions.
- Inclusion of basic patient identification data and laboratory information, primarily M-mode echocardiographic measurements.
Main Results:
- A functional computer-assisted network database system was established.
- Standardized data entry facilitated information collection from various hospitals.
- The database generated two types of output tables: one per disease and one per hospital.
Conclusions:
- The developed system enables standardized storage and exchange of pediatric cardiac disease data.
- This network database system has the potential to improve the prevention of sudden cardiac death in children.
- Standardization of medical information is crucial for effective data management and research in pediatric cardiology.
Abstract:
We developed a computer-assisted network data base system for children with cardiac diseases. It aims at storage and exchange of medical information from many hospitals to prevent school children from sudden death caused by heart diseases. The computer system used was PANAFACOM U-1500 introduced at Shimane Medical University Hospital in 1980. The format of the questionnaire is designed to standardize the computer-assisted data-entry method among different hospitals. The entries of questionnaires are composed of basic information about the patient and laboratory information. The former is identification data of the patient, and the latter principally the values of M-mode echocardiographic measurement. Two types of output-tables were made from the data base. One is a table of each disease, and the other each hospital.