Validating the recording of exacerbations of asthma in electronic health records: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Asthma exacerbations or 'attacks' can vary in severity from mild worsening of symptoms to life-threatening changes that require urgent hospital care. Understanding these exacerbations is crucial to improving treatment and support for patients. Electronic health records (EHR) using anonymised data from people with asthma in primary and secondary care can be used to understand exacerbations and outcomes. However, previous studies found significant heterogeneity in the algorithms used to define asthma exacerbations. Validating definitions of asthma exacerbations in EHR will lead to more robust and comparable evidence in future research.

Methods and analysis

Medline and Embase will be searched for the key concepts relating to asthma exacerbations, EHR and validation

SUBMITTER: Moore E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575333 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature