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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2016 Oct 5;64:211–221. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.10.002

Clinical information (and related features) used for constructing predictive models from EMR data. The features were extracted from time series data in EMRs.

Clinical variable type features
Basic patient info age
sex
height result indicator
height
weight result indicator
weight
BMI indicator
BMI
ICU admission info Admission diagnosis code
Time since admission
Time since diagnosis change
Apache3 score
Admission categories (19 categories such as trauma, infectious, surgical, etc)
Lab test t last value measurement for lab t
time elapsed since last measurement for t
pending result for lab t
known value indicator for t
known trend indicator for t
2nd last value measurement for t
difference for last two measurements for t
slope for last two measurements of t
% drop for last two measurements of t
% drop for last two measurements per day
nadir value for lab t
difference for last and nadir values for t
slope for last and nadir values for t
% drop for last and nadir values of t
% drop for last and nadir values per day apex value for t
difference for last and apex values for t
slope for last and apex values of t
% drop for last and apex values of t
% drop for last and apex values per day
baseline (1st) value for lab t
difference for last and baseline values for t
slope for last and first values for t % drop for last and first values of t
% drop for last and first values per day
overall slope for lab t
difference for last and mean value of t
time difference between two last lab values
Physiological parameter s last value of parameter s
time elapsed since last reading of s
s value known indicator
average value of s over last 2 hours
average value of s over last 4 hours
average value of s over last 6 hours
average value of s over last 24 hours
difference of average over last 2 hours from the mean value of s
difference of average over last 4 hours from the mean value of s
difference of average over last 6 hours from the mean value of s
difference of average over last 24 hours from the mean value of s
difference of last value from average over last 2 hours
difference of last value from average over last 4 hours
difference of last value from average over last 6 hours
difference of last value from average over last 24 hours
nadir value of s over last 24 hours
apex value of s over last 24 hours
difference of last value from 24 hour nadir
difference of 24hour apex from last value
difference of 24hour apex and 24hour nadir
I/O volumes Known I/O volumes indicator
Total intake over last 24 hours
Total intake via IV over 24 hours
Total intake oral over last 24 hours
Total intake other over last 24 hours
Total output over last 24 hours
Total output urine over last 24 hours
Total output other over last 24 hours
I/O balance over last 24 hours
Medication m Patient on medication m
Time elapsed since last administration of medication m
Time elapsed since first administration of medication m
Time elapsed since last change in medication administration m
Procedure p Patient had procedure p in past 24 hours
Patient had procedure p during the stay
Time elapsed since last procedure p
Time elapsed since first procedure p