BACKGROUND In the age of big data in healthcare, automated comparison of medical diagnoses in large scale databases is a key issue. Our objectives were: 1) to formally define and identify cases of independence between last hospitalization main diagnosis (MD) and death registry underlying cause of death (UCD) for deceased subjects hospitalized in their last year of life; 2) to study their distri...

The long-term clinical outcomes of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients across New Zealand are unknown. This study provides a detailed subanalysis ICD by sex, age group, and ethnicity. All patients with an implant between 2010 2019 were identified using the National Minimum Dataset, which collects all public hospital admissions in International Statistical Classification Dise...

Osteoarthritis is a common subtype of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) among older adults. It associated with increased swelling, inflammation, decreased range motion, and joint instability significant implications on health-related quality life (HRQoL). This study compared HRQoL patients osteoarthritis other types MSDs. The nationally representative sample was selected from the 2011-2019 Medical...

Đặt vấn đề: Trầm cảm thường gặp ở người bệnh phì đại lành tính tuyến tiền liệt, sự xuất hiện trầm có thể để lại những hậu quả bất lợi như tăng nhu cầu sử dụng các dịch vụ y tế, giảm tuân thủ điều trị, thời gian nằm viện lâu hơn, và suy chức năng. Mục tiêu: Mô tả đặc điểm lâm sàng rối loạn liệt. Đối tượng phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô cắt ngang 111 liệt khám trị Bệnh Bạch Mai Lão Khoa Tr...

OBJECTIVE: It is recommended to take a blood culture test in pediatric patients diagnosed with pneumonia. However, the rate of pathogenic microorganisms produced tests quite low. In this study, results and some parameters hospitalized pneumonia diagnosis were evaluated.MATERIAL AND METHODS: 643 who accordance ICD10 coding whose was taken between 2016 2018 included study. The ((WBC (White Blood ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the trend of cancer cases in one major hospital in Kelantan over a 20 year period from 1987 to 2007 and to speculate the change in trend due to the socio-economic and other health status in the state. METHODOLOGY All data on clinically diagnosed cancer cases in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia [HUSM] were retrieved from the hospital medical records. The cancers were c...

Introduction The US Department of Health and Human Services has mandated that after October 1, 2015, all HIPAA covered entities must transition from using International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD9) codes to using version 10 (ICD-10) codes (www.cms.gov). This will impact public health surveillance entities that receive, analyze, and report ICD-9 encoded data. Public health agencie...

BACKGROUND Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) endanger the patients. Their detection and prevention is essential to improve the patients' safety. In the absence of computerized physician order entry (CPOE), discharge summaries are the only source of information about the drugs prescribed during a hospitalization. The French Multierminology Indexer (F-MTI) can help to extract drug-related information fr...

BACKGROUND The overall incidence of fractures has been addressed in several studies, but there are few data on different types of fractures that require inpatient care, even though they account for considerable healthcare costs. We determined the incidence of limb and spine fractures that required hospitalization in people aged ≥ 16 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS We collected data on the diagnos...

The documentation of a care episode consists of clinical notes concerning patient care, concluded with a discharge summary. Care episodes are stored electronically and used throughout the health care sector by patients, administrators and professionals from different areas, primarily for clinical purposes, but also for secondary purposes such as decision support and research. A common use case ...