Journal article
Validation of Administrative Database Codes for Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Validation studies of acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnostic codes performed in the general population have shown poor sensitivity, but the accuracy of such codes in the kidney transplant population remains unknown.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy of AKI diagnostic codes in kidney transplant recipients. We hypothesized that the sensitivity of diagnostic codes would be significantly greater in the …
Authors
Molnar AO; van Walraven C; McArthur E; Fergusson D; Garg AX; Knoll G
Journal
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, Vol. 3, ,
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 1, 2016
DOI
10.1186/s40697-016-0108-7
ISSN
2054-3581