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Table 4 Patients with records in the administrative data indicating an adverse drug event among patients with adverse drug events identified at the point-of-care in the emergency department, by category of diagnostic ICD-10 code and type of adverse drug event

From: Evaluating adverse drug event reporting in administrative data from emergency departments: a validation study

ICD-10 code category*

Any ADE

Chief complaint-related

Incidentally found

 

(n = 221)

(n = 158)*

(n = 63)**

Induced or related to a medication (%; 95% CI)

15 (6.8; 4.0–11.2)

14 (8.9; 5.1–14.7)

1 (1.6; 0.1–9.7)

Induced or related to a medication,very likely, likely or possible ADE (%; 95% CI)

62 (28.1; 22.3–34.6)

45 (28.5; 21.7 – 36.3)

17 (27.0; 16.9–39.9)

  1. Abbreviations: ICD = international classification of disease; ADE = adverse drug event, CI = confidence interval.
  2. * “Chief complaint-related” refers to patients with at least one chief complaint-related ADE.
  3. ** “Incidentally found” refers to patients with incidentally found ADEs only.
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BMC Health Services Research

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