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Exploring the impact of varying definitions of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in routinely collected electronic medical records

BACKGROUND: Validity of exposure and outcome measures in electronic medical records is vital to ensure robust, comparable study findings however, despite validation studies, definitions of variables used often differ. Using exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as an example,...

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Autores principales: Whittaker, Hannah, Rothnie, Kieran J., Quint, Jennifer K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37910484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292876