Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit
A key objective of the British Thoracic Society national community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) audit was to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalised adults given a primary discharge code of pneumonia but who did not fulfil accepted diagnostic criteria for pneumonia. Adults mi...
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| author | Daniel, Priya Bewick, Thomas Welham, Sally McKeever, Tricia M. Lim, Wei Shen |
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| description | A key objective of the British Thoracic Society national community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) audit was to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalised adults given a primary discharge code of pneumonia but who did not fulfil accepted diagnostic criteria for pneumonia. Adults miscoded as having pneumonia (n=1251) were older compared with adults with CAP (n=6660) (median 80 vs 78 years, p<0.001) and had more comorbid disease, significantly fewer respiratory symptoms (fever, cough, dyspnoea, pleuritic pain), more constitutional symptoms (general deterioration, falls) and significantly lower 30-day inpatient mortality (14.3% vs 17.0%, adjusted OR 0.75, p=0.003). |
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| spelling | nottingham-435872024-08-15T15:22:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43587/ Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit Daniel, Priya Bewick, Thomas Welham, Sally McKeever, Tricia M. Lim, Wei Shen A key objective of the British Thoracic Society national community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) audit was to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalised adults given a primary discharge code of pneumonia but who did not fulfil accepted diagnostic criteria for pneumonia. Adults miscoded as having pneumonia (n=1251) were older compared with adults with CAP (n=6660) (median 80 vs 78 years, p<0.001) and had more comorbid disease, significantly fewer respiratory symptoms (fever, cough, dyspnoea, pleuritic pain), more constitutional symptoms (general deterioration, falls) and significantly lower 30-day inpatient mortality (14.3% vs 17.0%, adjusted OR 0.75, p=0.003). BMJ Publishing Group 2017-04-01 Article PeerReviewed Daniel, Priya, Bewick, Thomas, Welham, Sally, McKeever, Tricia M. and Lim, Wei Shen (2017) Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit. Thorax, 72 (4). pp. 376-379. ISSN 1468-3296 http://thorax.bmj.com/content/72/4/376 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209405 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209405 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel, Priya Bewick, Thomas Welham, Sally McKeever, Tricia M. Lim, Wei Shen Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title | Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title_full | Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title_fullStr | Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title_short | Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit |
| title_sort | adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the british thoracic society pneumonia audit |
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