Comparison of Procedure-Based and Diagnosis-Based Identifications of Severe Sepsis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Administrative Data
Background: Diagnoses recorded in administrative databases have limited utility for accurate identification of severe sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We evaluated the performance of alternative identification methods that use procedure records. Methods: We obtained data f...
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| Language: | English |
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Japan Epidemiological Association
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Epidemiology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/26/10/26_JE20150286/_pdf |