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

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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 identify clinical codes relevant to all aspects of CKD care and its diagnosis. METHODS:We used routinely collected primary care data from the Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12882-018-0882-9

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0000-0002-5379-580X
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
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Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
BMC Nephrology Journal website
Volume:
19
Issue:
1
Pages:
85
Publication date:
2018-04-10
Acceptance date:
2018-03-22
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EISSN:
1471-2369
Pmid:
29636024
Language:
English
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pubs:1013721
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uuid:04ef5d96-6579-4f10-a624-a896bddeffb6
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1013721
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2019-10-22

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