Hospitalised adults with pneumonia are frequently misclassified as another diagnosis
Hospitalised adults with pneumonia are frequently misclassified as another diagnosis
Using data from a large randomised controlled trial of adults hospitalised with acute respiratory illness, we examined the reliability of pneumonia diagnosis on discharge documentation. 50 (28.2%) of 177 patients with a pneumonia diagnosis had no radiological evidence of pneumonia. 67 (34.9%) of 192 patients with clinico-radiological evidence of pneumonia did not have a diagnosis of pneumonia listed; ‘COPD exacerbation’ or ‘lower respiratory tract infection’ was often listed instead. These patients more frequently had a respiratory comorbidity and lower oxygen saturations, CRP and temperature at presentation. Pneumonia diagnoses misclassification on discharge documentation may have clinical, financial, and research data implications.
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Brendish, Nathan
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April 2019
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Armstrong, Lawrence
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Lillie, Patrick J.
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Clark, Tristan
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Brendish, Nathan, Malachira, Ahalya, Beard, Kate, Armstrong, Lawrence, Lillie, Patrick J. and Clark, Tristan
(2019)
Hospitalised adults with pneumonia are frequently misclassified as another diagnosis.
Respiratory Medicine, 150, .
(doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.013).
Abstract
Using data from a large randomised controlled trial of adults hospitalised with acute respiratory illness, we examined the reliability of pneumonia diagnosis on discharge documentation. 50 (28.2%) of 177 patients with a pneumonia diagnosis had no radiological evidence of pneumonia. 67 (34.9%) of 192 patients with clinico-radiological evidence of pneumonia did not have a diagnosis of pneumonia listed; ‘COPD exacerbation’ or ‘lower respiratory tract infection’ was often listed instead. These patients more frequently had a respiratory comorbidity and lower oxygen saturations, CRP and temperature at presentation. Pneumonia diagnoses misclassification on discharge documentation may have clinical, financial, and research data implications.
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Accepted/In Press date: 12 February 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 February 2019
Published date: April 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428525
ISSN: 0954-6111
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