Key result
The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative respiratory failure demonstrated a positive predictive value of 67% (95% CI, 57-76%) in Veterans Health Administration data.
Why the study?
What is the positive predictive value of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative respiratory failure in the Veterans Health Administration?
Population
112 software-flagged postoperative respiratory failure cases from fiscal year 2003-2007 Veterans Health…
Comparison
AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator software for… vs Medical record review by trained abstractors
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Warrants caution when using this indicator for VA surgical quality metrics; leaves open refinement via admission status filters.
Observational (n=112)
What is the positive predictive value of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative respiratory failure in the Veterans Health Administration?
The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative respiratory failure has a PPV of 67% in the VA system, which could be improved by adding an admission status code to filter out nonelective admissions.
Borzecki et al. (2011) conducted an observational in Postoperative respiratory failure (n=112). AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator postoperative respiratory failure was evaluated on Positive predictive value (95% CI 57-76). The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative respiratory failure demonstrated a positive predictive value of 67% (95% CI, 57-76%) in Veterans Health Administration data.
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