Identifying Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax from Administrative Databases: A Validation Study

Identifying Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax from Administrative Databases: A Validation Study

Introduction. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a disorder commonly encountered in healthy young individuals. There is no differentiation between PSP and secondary pneumothorax (SP) in the current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This complicates the conduct...

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Main Authors: Eric Frechette, Keegan Guidolin, Ayman Seyam, Yun-Hee Choi, Sarah Jones, J. Andrew McClure, Jennifer Winick-Ng, Blayne Welk, Richard A. Malthaner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1690482
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