Identifying Vasopressor and Inotrope Use for Health Services Research.
Ashraf FawzyMark BradfordPeter K LindenauerAllan Jay WalkeyPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2016)
The ICD-9-CM procedure code for vasopressor administration has low sensitivity and selects for higher severity of illness in studies of shock. Temporal changes in sensitivity would likely make longitudinal shock surveillance using ICD-9-CM inaccurate.
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