Positive predictive value of hospital discharge diagnosis code to identify immunoglobulin A vasculitis in France: A validation study

Samuel Deshayes; Guillaume Moulis; Evangeline Pillebout; Achille Aouba; Alexandra Audemard-Verger

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2017.05.025

Positive predictive value of hospital discharge diagnosis code to identify immunoglobulin A vasculitis in France: A validation study

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Sep:43:e18-e19. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.05.025. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

Authors

Samuel Deshayes¹, Guillaume Moulis², Evangeline Pillebout³, Achille Aouba¹, Alexandra Audemard-Verger⁴

Affiliations

¹ CHU de Caen, Department of Internal Medicine, Caen F-14000, France.
² Department of Internal Medicine, CHU de Toulouse, France.
³ Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
⁴ CHU de Caen, Department of Internal Medicine, Caen F-14000, France. Electronic address: alexandra.audemard-verger@inserm.fr.

PMID: 28651748
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.05.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology; French hospital database; Immunoglobulin A vasculitis; Positive predictive value; Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch; Validation study.

Publication types

Letter
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clinical Coding*
Databases, Factual
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
IgA Vasculitis / epidemiology*
IgA Vasculitis / immunology
Immunoglobulin A / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge*
Predictive Value of Tests
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult

Substances

Immunoglobulin A