Identifying Newborns with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Hospital Discharge Data: A Validation Study.

Ego, Anne; Debillon, T; Sourd, D; Mitton, N; Fresson, J; Zeitlin, J · J Pediatr · 2024

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Abstract

Hospital discharge databases (HDDs) are increasingly used for research on health of newborns. Linkage between a French population-based cohort of newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and national HDD showed that the HIE ICD-10 code was not accurately reported. Our results suggest that HDD should not be used for research on neonatal HIE without prior validation of HIE ICD-10 codes.

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