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A validation study of the identification of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in England using population-based health data

2021-05-18 hematology Title + abstract only
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We assessed the validity of coded health care data to identify cases of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) identified 127 cases within five hospital Trusts 2013-2018 using ICD-10 codes D76.1, D76.2 and D76.3. Hospital records were reviewed to validate diagnoses. 73/74 patients with confirmed/probable HLH were coded D76.1 or D76.2 (positive predictive value 89.0% [95% CI 80.2-94.9%]). For cases considered not HLH, 44/53 were coded D76.3 (negative predicti...

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