DataLoch Respiratory

DataLoch has collaborated with the BREATHE Health Data Research Hub and others at Health Data Research UK (HDRUK) to create a respiratory-related database of South-East Scotland residents (NHS Lothian) with chronic respiratory conditions, specifically Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). DataLoch's respiratory registry is one of three related registries alongside others in England (Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum) and Wales (Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank (SAIL)). In addition to these conditions, the DataLoch respiratory registry includes Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Wheeze (a common respiratory symptom). This database of respiratory patients also contains research-ready data related to these patients' demographics, diagnoses, condition events, measurements and medications, expertly curated with clinical input and as much harmonisation as possible across the different UK registries using methodology in a soon-to-be-published paper. The data is presented in tables where each dataset has had its data chosen and derived from multiple sources and ran against algorithms to remove the noise from the raw data.