Development and validation of algorithms to identify acute diverticulitis

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-37

  Kawatkar, Aniket ^a   Chu, Li Hao ^a   Iyer, Rajan ^a   Yen, Linnette ^b   Chen, Wansu ^a   Erder, M Haim ^b   Hodgkins, Paul ^b   Longstreth, George ^a  

^a Department of Research and Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Diagnosis validation; Diverticulitis; Pharmacoepidemiology; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920934483     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3708     Document Type: Article

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