Predictive value of pediatric thrombosis diagnoses in the Danish National Patient Registry

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-122

  Tuckuviene, Ruta ^a   Kristensen, Soeren Risom ^a   Helgestad, Jon ^b   Christensen, Anette Luther ^a   Johnsen, Soeren Paaske ^c  

^a Center for Cardiovascular Research   (Denmark)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discharge diagnosis; Pediatric thrombosis; Positive predictive value; Registry

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77955507685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s10334     Document Type: Article

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