Use of explicit ICD9-CM codes to identify adult severe sepsis: impacts on epidemiological estimates

BACKGROUND: Severe sepsis is a challenge for healthcare systems, and epidemiological studies are essential to assess its burden and trends. However, there is no consensus on which coding strategy should be used to reliably identify severe sepsis. This study assesses the use of explicit codes to defi...

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Autores principales: Bouza, C., Lopez-Cuadrado, T., Amate-Blanco, J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1497-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1497-9

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