Positive predictive value of the infant respiratory distress syndrome diagnosis in the Danish National Patient Registry

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 295-298

  Thygesen, Sandra Kruchov ^a   Olsen, Morten ^a   Fynbo, Christian ^a   Christiansen, ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data quality; Epidemiology; Hospital diagnosis; Positive predictive value; Respiratory distress syndrome; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRUNTING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NASAL FLARING; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 84881483887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S44408     Document Type: Article

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