Accuracy of efficient data methods to determine the incidence of hospital-acquired thrombosis and major bleeding in medical and surgical inpatients: a multicentre observational cohort study in four UK hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated the accuracy of using routine health service data to identify hospital-acquired thrombosis (HAT) and major bleeding events (MBE) compared with a reference standard of case note review.

Design

A multicentre observational cohort study.

Setting

Four acute hospitals in the UK.

Participants

A consecutive unselective cohort of general medical and surgical patients requiring hospitalisation for a period of >24 hours during the calendar year 2021. We excluded paediatric, obstetric and critical care patients due to differential risk profiles.

Interventions

We compared preidentified sources of routinely collected information (using hospital coding data and local contractually mandated thrombosis datasets) to data extracted from case notes u

SUBMITTER: Horner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906300 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature