Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
Comfort care earliest documentation timepoint type NINDS Treatment
Treatment for all conditions
NIH CDEs
  • NINDS
    • Disease
      • Stroke
        • Classification
          • Supplemental
        • Domain
          • Treatment/Intervention Data
            • Therapies
      • Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
        • Classification
          • Supplemental
        • Domain
          • Treatment/Intervention Data
            • Therapies
    • Domain
      • Treatment/Intervention Data
        • Therapies
    • Population
      • Adult
      • Pediatric

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning definition
Day 1 or 2 Day 1 or 2 The earliest day the physician/APN/PA documented comfort measures only was the day of arrival (Day 1) or day after arrival (Day 2).
Day 3 or after Day 3 or after The earliest day the physician/APN/PA documented comfort measures only was two or more days after arrival day (Day 3+).
ND/UTD ND/UTD Not Documented/ Unable To Determine: There is no physician/APN/PA documentation of comfort measures only, or unable to determine from medical record documentation.
Timing unclear Timing unclear There is physician/APN/PA documentation of comfort measures only during this hospital stay, but whether the earliest documentation of comfort measures only was on day 1 or 2 OR after day 2 is unclear.

# Definition
Timepoint of the earliest documentation of comfort measures only

# Designation
Comfort care earliest documentation timepoint type

# Identifier Origin Version
oeZ6MmcjvoA NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download
ComfrtCareEarlistDocTimepntTyp BRICS Variable Name N/A
C14280 NINDS 3