Adapting Demirjian Standards for Portuguese and Spanish Children and Adolescents.

Unlabelled: Estimation of children's chronological age is highly important in human and forensic sciences. The Demirjian method has been reported as accurate for this purpose. The literature review shows some evidence that the accuracy of estimating chronological age via the Demirjian standards is not a straightforward process.

The accuracy of estimating chronological age from Demirjian and Nolla methods in a Portuguese and Spanish sample.

Background: Age determination has great importance in many clinical decisions, being commonly used in odontopediatrics, orthodontics, pediatrics, and forensic medicine. The Nolla and Demirjian et al. methods have been used for these purposes.

Positive predictive value of ICD-9 codes 410 and 411 in the identification of cases of acute coronary syndromes in the Saskatchewan Hospital automated database.

Background: Case definitions are essential to epidemiological research.

Objectives: To evaluate ICD-9 codes 410 and 411 to identify cases of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and the clinical information availability in the administrative and hospital discharge records of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods: In the context of a safety cohort study, we identified hospitalisations with primary discharge codes 410 (2260) and 411 (799).