Whose Benchmark Is Right? Validating Venous Thromboembolism Events Between Trauma Registries and Hospital Administrative Databases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) events are tracked in trauma registries and by administrative data sets. Both databases are used to assess outcomes, despite having varying processes for data capture.

Study design

This study was performed at an urban, university-based, Level I trauma center from 2004 to 2014. Retrospective review of the trauma registry and the hospital's administrative database was performed querying for all VTEs. Each VTE was then validated through manual chart review. Confirmed events were those with radiographic evidence of VTE by ultrasound, CT, and/or ventilation-perfusion scan. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values were calculated and compared between databases.

Results

There were 19,353 trauma patients admitted during the study

SUBMITTER: Miano TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature