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Positive predictive value of the ICD-10 hospital diagnosis of pleural empyema in the Danish National Registry of Patients

OBJECTIVE: Health care databases are a valuable source for epidemiological research in respiratory diseases if diagnoses are valid. We validated the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) diagnosis of pleural empyema in the Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP). METHO...

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Autores principales: Søgaard, Mette, Kornum, Jette Brommann, Schønheyder, Henrik Carl, Thomsen, Reimar Wernich
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21386977
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S16931