Positive predictive value and impact of misdiagnosis of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers among patients admitted to a University Hospital cardiac care unit | Zendy

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Positive predictive value and impact of misdiagnosis of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers among patients admitted to a University Hospital cardiac care unit

Author(s) -

Nielsen

Publication year - 2010

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.s12457

Subject(s) - medicine , predictive value , heart failure , coronary care unit , value (mathematics) , emergency medicine , pediatrics , unit (ring theory) , intensive care medicine , cardiology , statistics , myocardial infarction , mathematics education , mathematics

To evaluate the positive predictive value (PPV) of a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) in the Danish National Registry of Patients (NRP) among patients admitted to a University Hospital cardiac care unit, and to evaluate the impact of misdiagnosing HF.

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