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Table 1 Current data collection instruments, data format and input method to the KOL-Örestad database.

From: Merging clinical chemistry biomarker data with a COPD database - building a clinical infrastructure for proteomic studies

Source

Format

Input method

Blood samples

number, text, date, check box

manual, barcode scanner

Physical examination

numerical value

manual input from patient journal

Spirometry

number

manual input from paper

Questionnaire

number, text, check box

manual input from paper

CC analysis

number

import from data file

MS analysis

number, text

import from data file

  1. The qualitative and quantitative output of the MS analysis (as well as its corresponding meta-data, e.g., MS platform, instrument setttings, Sequence Database, etc.) is stored in REDCap whereas instrument raw files are stored in a separate database