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Table 2 Consistency of reporting of anaemia and blood related disorders in coded hospital data compared to obstetric data from two tertiary hospitals, New South Wales, 2011–2015, by hospital

From: Validation of anaemia, haemorrhage and blood disorder reporting in hospital data in New South Wales, Australia

 

Hospital one

Hospital two

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

Anaemia (nutritional or haemolytic)

10.8 (8.3–13.7)

96.8 (96.5–97.2)

14.9 (12.8–17.3)

96.3 (96.1–96.5)

Nutritional anaemia

5.7 (3.9–8.1)

99.5 (99.3–99.6)

7.7 (6.1–9.7)

99.4 (99.2–99.5)

Haemolytic anaemia

25.0 (12.1–42.2)

99.9 (99.8–99.9)

13.5 (7.6–21.6)

99.9 (99.8–99.9)

Iron deficiency anaemia

9.3 (6.9–12.3)

96.8 (96.4–97.1)

14.6 (12.3–17.2)

96.2 (96.0–96.5)

Anaemia (Hb < 110 g/L) in pregnancy

7.3 (6.2–8.6)

97.3 (96.9–97.6)

8.0 (7.3–8.8)

96.8 (96.5–97.0)

B12 deficiency anaemia

8.3 (1.0–27.0)

100.0 (99.9, 100.0)

3.4 (0.7–9.5)

100.0 (100.0, 100.0)

Any bleeding before birth

70.0 (65.5–74.2)

97.6 (97.3–97.9)

61.0 (56.8–65.2)

99.1 (99.0–99.2)

Antepartum haemorrhage

59.8 (54.6–64.8)

97.9 (97.6–98.1)

53.3 (48.4–58.1)

99.2 (99.1–99.3)

Intrapartum haemorrhage

38.3 (27.7–49.7)

99.7 (99.6–99.8)

45.9 (34.3–57.9)

99.9 (99.8–99.9)

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)

78.3 (76.4–80.1)

98.7 (98.5–99.0)

86.4 (85.0–87.8)

98.7 (98.5–98.8)

PPH following caesarean section

59.4 (55.5–63.1)

99.1 (98.7–99.4)

70.3 (66.0–74.3)

98.0 (97.6–98.3)

PPH following vaginal birth

88.2 (86.3–90.0)

98.5 (98.2–98.8)

90.6 (89.2–91.9)

99.0 (98.8–99.1)

Red Blood cell transfusion

92.0 (86.1–95.9)

99.8 (99.7–99.9)

92.5 (89.6–94.8)

99.5 (99.4–99.6)

Placental abruption

70.8 (55.9–83.0)

99.7 (99.6–99.8)

66.7 (55.1–76.9)

99.9 (99.8–99.9)

Placenta praevia

79.2 (69.7–86.8)

99.6 (99.5–99.7)

82.2 (76.7–86.8)

99.7 (99.7–99.8)

Placenta accreta

60.0 (14.7–94.7)

99.7 (99.5–99.8)

70.6 (44.0–89.7)

99.9 (99.9–99.9)

Thalassaemia

4.7 (2.1–9.1)

100.0 (100.0, 100.0)

1.9 (0.9–3.4)

100.0 (100.0, 100.0)

Platelet disorders

28.3 (16.0–43.5)

99.4 (99.2–99.5)

23.1 (14.9–33.1)

99.5 (99.4–99.6)

Coagulation disorders

14.0 (7.4–23.1)

99.8 (99.7–99.9)

9.5 (4.7–16.8)

99.8 (99.8–99.9)

Hysterectomy

100.0 (59.0, 100.0)

100.0 (99.9, 100.0)

94.4 (72.7–99.9)

100.0 (100.0, 100.0)

  1. Hb haemoglobin, derived from pathology in ObstetriX data