Temperature vital sign not consistently captured by concept
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Description
There are a few cases of missing temperature itemid in the vitalsign derived table - likely they should be added:
- 226329 Blood Temperature CCO (C)
- When an arctic sun is in use
- 227632 | Arctic Sun/Alsius Temp # 1 C
- 227634 | Arctic Sun/Alsius Temp # 2 C
- 227630 | Arctic Sun Temp # 1 Location
- 227631 | Arctic Sun Temp # 2 Location
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Start with mimic-iv/concepts/measurement/vitalsign.sql and inspect how temperature itemids are selected. Add the listed Blood Temperature CCO and Arctic Sun itemids where appropriate, then verify that the derived table captures these temperature measurements without changing unrelated vital signs.
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- sql
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- databases
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- Bug
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