The positive predictive value of a hyperkalemia diagnosis in automated health care data

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1204-1208

  Raebel, Marsha A ^a,b,c   Smith, Michael L ^a,b   Saylor, Gwyn ^a   Wright, Leslie A ^a   Cheetham, Craig ^c,d   Blanchette, Christopher M ^e,f,g   Xu, Stanley ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HMO Research Network   (United States)

^d Pharmacy Analytic Services   (United States)

^e LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACEi; ARB; Hyperkalemia; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; AUTOMATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 78049283811     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2030     Document Type: Article

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