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The validity of a d...
The validity of a diagnosis of heart failure in a hospital discharge register
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- Ingelsson, Erik (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap,Geriatrics
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- Ärnlöv, Johan (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap,Geriatrics
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- Sundström, Johan (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper,Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap,Geriatrics
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- Lind, Lars (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper,Akut- och internmedicin
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- 2005-08-07
- 2005
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: European Journal of Heart Failure. - : Wiley. - 1388-9842 .- 1879-0844. ; 7:5, s. 787-791
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Abstract
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- BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The accuracy of a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) in hospital discharge registers is largely unknown. We aimed to determine the validity of such a diagnosis in the Swedish hospital discharge register. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a population-based study of 2322 middle-aged men (the ULSAM study), 321 participants were diagnosed with HF according to the Swedish hospital discharge register, during a median follow-up time of 29 years. A review board examined the validity of the diagnosis according to the European Society of Cardiology definition of HF. Eighty-two percent of the possible cases were classified as having definite HF. An echocardiographic examination increased the validity to 88%. For patients treated at an internal medicine or cardiology clinic the validity was 86% and 91%, respectively. If HF was the primary diagnosis, the validity was 95%, irrespective of clinic type. CONCLUSION: The HF diagnosis in the Swedish hospital discharge register appears slightly less precise than for acute myocardial infarction and stroke. For population-based research, only those with a primary diagnosis of HF in the hospital discharge register should be regarded as definite HF cases, or alternatively the cases should be validated individually.
Nyckelord
- Forms and Records Control
- Heart Failure; Congestive/*diagnosis/ultrasonography
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Registries
- Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't
- Sweden
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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