Identifying Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax from Administrative Databases: A Validation Study

Introduction. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a disorder commonly encountered in healthy young individuals. There is no differentiation between PSP and secondary pneumothorax (SP) in the current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This complicates the conduct...

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Main Authors: Frechette, Eric, Guidolin, Keegan, Seyam, Ayman, Choi, Yun-Hee, Jones, Sarah, McClure, J. Andrew, Winick-Ng, Jennifer, Welk, Blayne, Malthaner, Richard A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916287/