Validity of administrative claims-based algorithms for ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest in the pediatric population.
Angela S CzajaKathryn CollinsRobert J ValuckHeather D AndersonDebashis GhoshJesse A DavidsonPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2020)
Contrary to adults, algorithms including a CA code do not perform well for identifying out-of-hospital VA and CA due to cardiac cause in the pediatric populations. Researchers should be aware of the potential implications for future pediatric drug safety studies for these outcomes.