Accuracy of the ICD-10 discharge diagnosis for syncope

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 595-600

  Ruwald, Martin Huth ^a   Hansen, Morten Lock ^b   Lamberts, Morten ^a   Kristensen, Søren Lund ^a   Wissenberg, Mads ^a   Olsen, Anne Marie Schjerning ^a   Christensen, Stefan Bisgaard ^a   Vinther, Michael ^a   Køber, Lars ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a   Hansen, Jim ^a   Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Syncope; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84875973288     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus359     Document Type: Article

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