An ontological approach to identifying cases of chronic kidney disease from routine primary care data: a cross-sectional study

An ontological approach to identifying cases of chronic kidney disease from routine primary care data: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Accurately identifying cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) from primary care data facilitates the management of patients, and is vital for surveillance and research purposes. Ontologies provide a systematic and transparent basis for clinical case definition and can be used to i...

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Main Authors: Nicholas I. Cole, Harshana Liyanage, Rebecca J. Suckling, Pauline A. Swift, Hugh Gallagher, Rachel Byford, John Williams, Shankar Kumar, Simon de Lusignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Chronic kidney disease
Epidemiology
Ontology
eGFR
Proteinuria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0882-9

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