The Danish National Patient Registry: a review of content, data quality, and research potential

M Schmidt, SAJ Schmidt, JL Sandegaard… - Clinical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background The Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR) is one of the world's oldest
nationwide hospital registries and is used extensively for research. Many studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Racial differences in venous thromboembolism

NA Zakai, LA McClure - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2011 - Elsevier
The incidence of venous thrombosis (VTE) varies by race, with African‐Americans having
over 5‐fold greater incidence than Asian‐ancestry populations, and an intermediate risk for …

Positive predictive value of cardiovascular diagnoses in the Danish National Patient Registry: a validation study

J Sundbøll, K Adelborg, T Munch, T Frøslev… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The majority of cardiovascular diagnoses in the Danish National Patient Registry
(DNPR) remain to be validated despite extensive use in epidemiological research. We …

External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register

JF Ludvigsson, E Andersson, A Ekbom, M Feychting… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The Swedish National Inpatient Register (IPR), also called the Hospital
Discharge Register, is a principal source of data for numerous research projects. The IPR is …

Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study

JB Olesen, GYH Lip, ML Hansen, PR Hansen… - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the individual risk factors composing the CHADS 2 (Congestive heart
failure, Hypertension, Age≥ 75 years, Diabetes, previous Stroke) score and the CHA 2 DS 2 …

Use of glucocorticoids and risk of venous thromboembolism: a nationwide population-based case-control study

SA Johannesdottir, E Horváth-Puhó… - JAMA internal …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Excess endogenous cortisol has been linked to venous thromboembolism (VTE)
risk, but whether this relationship applies to exogenous glucocorticoids remains uncertain …

30-year mortality after venous thromboembolism: a population-based cohort study

KK Søgaard, M Schmidt, L Pedersen, E Horváth–Puhó… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Studies on long-term mortality after venous thromboembolism (VTE) are
sparse. Methods and Results—Using Danish medical databases, we conducted a 30-year …

Hospitalisation for venous thromboembolism in cancer patients and the general population: a population-based cohort study in Denmark, 1997–2006

DP Cronin-Fenton, F Søndergaard, LA Pedersen… - British journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) frequently complicates cancer. Data on
tumour-specific VTE predictors are limited, but may inform strategies to prevent thrombosis …

Thromboembolic risk among Danish children and adults with inflammatory bowel diseases: a population-based nationwide study

MD Kappelman, E Horvath-Puho, RS Sandler… - Gut, 2011 - gut.bmj.com
Background Recommendations for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in patients
with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be refined by incorporating patient-specific risk …

Acute pulmonary embolism in a national Danish cohort: increasing incidence and decreasing mortality

P Lehnert, T Lange, CH Møller… - Thrombosis and …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
This study reports the incidence, clinical profile and mortality for acute pulmonary embolism
(PE) patients in the Danish population in four eras from 2004 to 2014. Patients admitted with …