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Table 1 Types of data contained in the electronic medical records

From: Adverse drug events with hyperkalaemia during inpatient stays: evaluation of an automated method for retrospective detection in hospital databases

Type of data

Terminology

Chronological relationship with other events

Example of condition

Drug prescription

ATC [37]

Available

Potassium-sparing diuretic = 1

Laboratory result

C-NPU [38]

Available

Cytolytic hepatitis = 1 (i.e. transaminases > three times the upper normal limit)

Diagnosis

ICD-10 [39]

Not available

Urinary infection = 1

Demographic characteristic

Local terminology

Available

Age >70