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Validation of Anaphylaxis in the Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel

Basic Details
Date
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Type
Publication
Health Outcome(s)
anaphylaxis
Description

This article describes a Mini-Sentinel project to validate an algorithm based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for anaphylaxis among health plan members in the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD) using medical record review.

Materials

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 22, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 1205–1213, DOI: 10.1002/pds.3505

Information
Time Period
2009-2010
Data Source(s)
Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD)
Related Assessment(s)
Validation of Anaphylaxis Cases
Author(s)

Kathleen Walsh MD, MSc, Sarah Cutrona MD, MPH, Sarah Foy BA, Meghan Baker MD, ScD, Susan Forrow BA, Azadeh Shoaibi PhD, MHS, MS, Pamala Pawloski PharmD, Michelle Conroy MD, Andrew Fine MD, MPH, Lise Nigrovic MD, MPH, Nandini Selvam PhD, MPH, Mano Selvan PhD, William Cooper MD, MPH, Susan Andrade ScD

Corresponding Author

K. Walsh, University of Massachusetts, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01655, Email: Kathleen.Walsh2@umassmemorial.org. Moved to: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Email: Kathleen.Walsh@cchmc.org