Children diagnosed with congenital cardiac malformations at the national university departments of pediatric cardiology: positive predictive values of data in the Danish National Patient Registry
Author(s) -
Peter Agergaard,
Anders Hebert,
Jesper Vandborg Bjerre,
Karina M. Sørensen,
Charlotte Olesen,
John R. Oestergaard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s15627
Subject(s) - medicine , danish , medical diagnosis , epidemiology , patient registry , pediatrics , predictive value , population , medical record , positive predicative value , radiology , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health
The present study was conducted to establish the positive predictive value of congenital cardiac malformation diagnoses registered in the Danish National Patient Registry (NPR), thereby exploring whether the NPR can serve as a valid tool for epidemiologic studies of congenital cardiac malformations.
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