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Reliability of diagnostic coding in intensive care patients
Critical Care, 08/11/08
Misset B et al. - In a multicenter database designed primarily for epidemiological and cohort studies in ICU patients, the coding of medical diagnoses varied between different observers. This could limit the interpretation and validity of research and epidemiological programs using diagnoses as inclusion criteria.
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