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Table 5 Comparison of automated detection and expert review of data from each hospital department

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

Hospital department

Stays

Stays with hyperkalaemia (HK)

ADE (with HK), expert review

ADE (with HK) automated detection

ADE (with HK), expert review and automated detection

Geriatrics

257

12 (4.6%)

6 (2.3%)

9 (3.5%)

5 (1.9%)

Gastroenterology and Cardiology

970

46 (4.7%)

31 (3.1%)

31 (3.1%)

25 (2.5%)

Internal medicine

761

21 (2.7%)

10 (1.3%)

15 (1.9%)

10 (1.3%)

Pulmonology

655

24 (3.6%)

13 (1.9%)

19 (2.9%)

11 (1.6%)

Surgery

933

24 (2.5%)

2 (0.2%)

10 (1.0%)

2 (0.2%)

Total (individual stays)

3444

120 (3.4%)

57 (1.6%)

80 (2.3%)

51 (1.4%)