Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2018 May;22(10):2918-2922. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201805_15045.
The application of an electronic database in clinical practice is used widespread in every field of medicine. The aim of the present study is to illustrate our experience to use a database software for documentation of two of our clinical activities, outpatient hysteroscopy and inpatient gynaecological surgery.
In 2004, we designed two databases, the first one to document surgical procedures in the operating theatre, the second to document outpatient hysteroscopy procedures using FileMaker v.8.5. The data entry interface contains free text fields for patient demographic data and the description of the surgical procedure, supplemented by drop-down lists for items such as clinical findings, procedures, instrumentation, technique, and complications. Copies were filed in the main hospital notes, sent to General Practitioners, and also given to our patients.
Since August 2004, we have used our two databases to document 2766 gynaecological operations and 3777 outpatient hysteroscopies. All users particularly liked the dropdown lists as their use greatly reduced the time taken to enter each patient's data. The databases were regularly used to select patients for audit projects and research data collection for prospective studies.
FileMaker is an user-friendly and easily configured software, extremely valuable in everyday clinical work.
电子数据库在医学各领域的临床实践中得到了广泛应用。本研究旨在介绍我们使用数据库软件记录两种临床活动（门诊宫腔镜检查和住院妇科手术）的经验。
2004 年，我们设计了两个数据库，第一个用于记录手术室中的手术程序，第二个用于记录使用 FileMaker v.8.5 的门诊宫腔镜检查程序。数据输入界面包含患者人口统计学数据和手术程序描述的自由文本字段，并辅以临床发现、程序、仪器、技术和并发症等项目的下拉列表。副本归档在主要医院记录中，发送给全科医生，并提供给我们的患者。
自 2004 年 8 月以来，我们使用这两个数据库记录了 2766 例妇科手术和 3777 例门诊宫腔镜检查。所有用户特别喜欢下拉列表，因为它们大大减少了输入每个患者数据所需的时间。这些数据库经常用于选择患者进行审核项目和前瞻性研究的数据收集。
FileMaker 是一款用户友好且易于配置的软件，在日常临床工作中非常有价值。
