Usefulness of health registers for detection of bleeding events in outcome studies

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1131-1139

  Friberg, Leif ^a   Skeppholm, Mika ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Database; Safety study; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SWEDISH CITIZEN; TRANSFUSION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 85003968575     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-05-0400     Document Type: Article

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