Person—heart rate, total beats per minute N[NN]

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Heart rate

METeOR identifier:

285123

Registration status:

Health, Standard 04/06/2004

Definition:

The person's heart rate measured in beats per minute.

Data Element Concept:

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[NN]

Maximum character length:

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
997	Cardiac arrest
998	Not recorded
999	Not stated/inadequately described

Unit of measure:

Heart beats per minute

Submitting organisation:

Acute coronary syndrome data working group

Steward:

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Information specific to this data set:* For Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reporting, collected at time of presentation. If heart rate is not recorded at the exact time of presentation, record the first heart rate measured closest to the time of presentation.

DSS specific attributes +
*Information specific to this data set:* For Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reporting, collected at time of presentation. If heart rate is not recorded at the exact time of presentation, record the first heart rate measured closest to the time of presentation.