Administration of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN ...

ICD-9 discharge diagnoses of infections were not used as the study outcome for two reasons. Several recent studies have found ICD-9 codes for sepsis to be inaccurate [5], [21], [22]. For example, a study by Martin found a positive predicted value of 88.9% and a negative predictive value of 80.0%. Sensitivity and specificity were not reported. ................
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