Hospital discharge diagnoses of ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest were useful for epidemiologic research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1325-1329

  De Bruin, M L ^a   Van Hemel, N M ^b   Leufkens, H G M ^a   Hoes, A W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Patient discharge; Predictive value of tests; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 27744569156     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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