Disseminated intravascular coagulation diagnosis: Positive predictive value of the ISTH score in a Danish population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnostic accuracy of the ISTH's disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) score remains to be investigated in contemporary patient populations.

Objective

To examine the positive predictive value (PPV) of an ISTH DIC score ≥5 for identifying patients with overt DIC in a Danish hospital laboratory information system database.

Materials and methods

A population-based cross-sectional validation study in the Central Denmark Region (2015-2018). Patients with a DIC score ≥5 were identified from the hospital laboratory information system database. Only patients with a potential underlying cause of DIC were included in the analyses. Cases were adjudicated by the authors as the gold standard for DIC diagnosis. The diagnosis of overt DIC was assigned on the b

SUBMITTER: Larsen JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660681 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature