The Positive Predictive Value of Pediatric Stroke Diagnoses in Administrative Data: A Retrospective Validation Study.

Background: This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine the positive predictive value (PPV) of pediatric stroke diagnoses in the Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP) and the impact of different stroke definitions on the PPV.

Methods: We included children registered with a stroke or stroke-related diagnosis in the DNRP between January 2017 through December 2020. Two assessors reviewed medical records and validated cases according to the American Heart and American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) stroke definition.

Disparities in intensity of treatment at end-of-life among children according to the underlying cause of death.

Aim: To compare indicators of high-intensity treatment at end-of-life (HI-EOL) among children according to causes of death.

Methods: We conducted a nationwide registry study in Denmark among 938 children of 1-17 years of age who died from natural causes from 2006 to 2016. We identified and compared indicators of HI-EOL within the last month of life across diagnoses.

Predictors for place of death among children:A systematic review and meta-analyses of recent literature.

Through a systematic review and meta-analyses, we aimed to determine predictors for place of death among children. We searched online databases for studies published between 2008 and 2019 comprising original quantitative data on predictors for place of death among children. Data regarding study design, population characteristics and results were extracted from each study.

A Nationwide Study of Prevalence Rates and Characteristics of 199 Chronic Conditions in Denmark.

Background: Real-world data of disease prevalence represents an important but underutilised source of evidence for health economic modelling.

Aims: The aim of this study was to estimate nationwide prevalence rates and summarise the characteristics of 199 chronic conditions using Danish population-based health registers, to provide an off-the-shelf tool for decision makers and researchers.

Methods: The study population comprised all Danish residents aged 16 years or above on 1 January 2013 (n = 4,555,439).

Self-rated health and return to work after first-time stroke.

Objective: Self-rated health is an essential aspect of life after stroke, and return to work is considered one of the most important outcomes for younger stroke patients. The aim of this study was to examine whether self-rated health 3 months after stroke, clinical and demographic determinants are independently associated with return to work and subsequent work-stability.

Material And Methods: A total of 590 patients with first-time stroke were included from a Danish population-based cohort study.

Determinants of Self-Rated Health Three Months after Stroke.

Objectives: Self-rated health is an important aspect of life after stroke. The aim of this study was to compare self-rated health in a population of stroke patients to the general Danish population and to analyze to what extent clinical and patient-related factors influence self-rated health 3 months after stroke.

Methods: We sent questionnaires on self-rated health (Short Form-12 Health Survey) to all patients younger than 80 years with first-time stroke admitted to any hospital in the Central Denmark Region between October 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011 (N = 2414).

Acute ischemic stroke and long-term outcome after thrombolysis: nationwide propensity score-matched follow-up study.

Background And Purpose: Data on long-term outcome after intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) in ischemic stroke are limited. We examined the risk of long-term mortality, recurrent ischemic stroke, and major bleeding, including intracranial and gastrointestinal bleeding, in intravenous tPA-treated patients when compared with intravenous tPA eligible but nontreated patients with ischemic stroke.

Methods: We conducted a register-based nationwide propensity score-matched follow-up study among patients with ischemic stroke in Denmark (2004-2011).

Predictive value of pediatric thrombosis diagnoses in the Danish National Patient Registry.

Data on the validity of pediatric thrombosis diagnoses are missing. We aimed to examine the predictive value of a diagnosis of venous and arterial thrombosis using the Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR). We identified all first-time diagnoses among children and adolescents (aged 0-18 years) between 1994 and 2006 in DNPR.

Dimensions of post-stroke fatigue: a two-year follow-up study.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the course of poststroke fatigue in a cohort of first-time stroke patients compared to the general population, and to identify clinically relevant features of post-stroke fatigue.

Methods: We performed a follow-up study of 165 patients with first-time stroke admitted to acute stroke units at the Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. A reference group of 1,069 persons was sampled from the general population.

Stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, and death after drug-eluting and bare-metal stent coronary interventions.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine outcomes subsequent to implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS).

Background: Use of DES might be associated with increased risk of stent thrombosis (ST), myocardial infarction (MI), and death.

Methods: From January 2002 through June 2005, data from all percutaneous coronary interventions in western Denmark were prospectively recorded in the Western Denmark Heart Registry; 12,395 consecutive patients (17,152 lesions) treated with stent implantation were followed for 15 months.