did patient 17944 during this year receive a base excess lab test?
select count(*)>0 from labevents where labevents.itemid in ( select d_labitems.itemid from d_labitems where d_labitems.label = 'base excess' ) and labevents.hadm_id in ( select admissions.hadm_id from admissions where admissions.subject_id = 17944 ) and datetime(labevents.charttime,'start of year') = datetime(current_time,'start of year','-0 year')