Validation study in four health-care databases: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding misclassification affects precision but not magnitude of drug-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 921-931

  Valkhoff, Vera E ^a   Coloma, Preciosa M ^a   Masclee, Gwen M C ^a   Gini, Rosa ^b   Innocenti, Francesco ^c   Lapi, Francesco ^d,e   Molokhia, Mariam ^f   Mosseveld, Mees ^a   Nielsson, Malene Schou ^g   Schuemie, Martijn ^a   Thiessard, Frantz ^h   Van Der Lei, Johan ^a   Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M ^a   Trifirò, Gianluca ^a,i  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Erasmus University Medical Center ^*  (Italy)

^c Health Search Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Non steroidal anti inflammatory agents; Positive predictive value; Signal detection; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DORZOLAMIDE; FEXOFENADINE; GOSERELIN; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISOLONE; SIMVASTATIN; ZOPICLONE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; INFANT; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION STUDY;

DRUG SAFETY; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; SIGNAL DETECTION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902887264     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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