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Using administrative databases to identify cases of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
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CKD is currently the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease, the most severe form of CKD, has doubled in the last decade.1 Early detection and treatment of CKD is critical to slowdown the… read more… relevancy of each identified article. The content of all relevant articles was recorded in an Excel-based data … codes were introduced in 2005. Our literature review did not identify any validated ICD-9 algorithms for … of CKD: principles, steps, and challenges. Am J Kidney Dis 2009;53:S37–45. 2 Saran R, Hedgeman E, Plantinga L, …