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ArticlePloS one2018

The identification of cases of major hemorrhage during hospitalization in patients with acute leukemia using routinely recorded healthcare data.

Aukje L Kreuger, Rutger A Middelburg, Erik A M Beckers, Karen M K de Vooght, Jaap Jan Zwaginga, Jean-Louis H Kerkhoffs, Johanna G van der Bom

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Aukje L KreugerCenter for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1658-9257
Rutger A MiddelburgCenter for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Erik A M BeckersDepartment of Hematology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Karen M K de VooghtDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Jaap Jan ZwagingaCenter for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jean-Louis H KerkhoffsCenter for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Johanna G van der BomCenter for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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introductionElectronic health care data offers the opportunity to study rare events, although detecting these events in large datasets remains difficult. We aimed to develop a model to identify leukemia patients with major hemorrhages within routinely recorded health records.

methodsThe model was developed using routinely recorded health records of a cohort of leukemia patients admitted to an academic hospital in the Netherlands between June 2011 and December 2015. Major hemorrhage was assessed by chart review. The model comprised CT-brain, hemoglobin drop, and transfusion need within 24 hours for which the best discriminating cut off values were taken. External validation was performed within a cohort of two other academic hospitals.

resultsThe derivation cohort consisted of 255 patients, 10,638 hospitalization days, of which chart review was performed for 353 days. The incidence of major hemorrhage was 0.22 per 100 days in hospital. The model consisted of CT-brain (yes/no), hemoglobin drop of ≥0.8 g/dl and transfusion of ≥6 units. The C-statistic was 0.988 (CI 0.981-0.995). In the external validation cohort of 436 patients (19,188 days), the incidence of major hemorrhage was 0.46 per 100 hospitalization days and the C-statistic was 0.975 (CI 0.970-0.980). Presence of at least one indicator had a sensitivity of 100% (CI 95.8-100) and a specificity of 90.7% (CI 90.2-91.1). The number of days to screen to find one case decreased from 217.4 to 23.6.

interpretationA model based on information on CT-brain, hemoglobin drop and need of transfusions can accurately identify cases of major hemorrhage within routinely recorded health records.

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AdultAgedCohort StudiesDelivery of Health CareFemaleHemorrhageHospitalizationHumansIncidenceLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsRecords

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PMID30110326
PMCPMC6093651

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