A review of medical records and discharge summary data found moderate to high predictive values of discharge diagnoses of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and postpartum

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-319

  Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard ^a,c   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^b,c   Møller, Charlotte Ihlo ^c   Larsen, Helle ^c   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; International Classification of Diseases; Pregnancy; Puerperium; Validity; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 13844277127     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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