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Table 5 Results of the second round of Delphi regarding features and data elements of IRI.HUS.Reg

From: Development and pilot implementation of Iranian Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Registry

Row

Features and data elements of the registry model

 

Percentage of agreement (options 4 and 5)

1

Features

Negative Coombs test

100

2

 

Only patients under-five years*

11

3

 

Case finding through HUS diagnostic ICD code in medical records

100

4

 

Specialized laboratories (nephrology or genetics)

100

5

 

Determining the ratio of variables values to each other (e.g. the ratio of patients number under five to over five years)*

6

1

Data elements

Exposing to radiotherapy or chemotherapy

100

2

 

Contact with livestock

78

3

 

Diet*

6

4

 

Contact with agricultural pesticides*

0

5

 

Scorpion bites (like Gadim scorpions)

100

6

 

Parental consanguineous marriage*

11

7

 

Date of the first treatment*

17

8

 

Systemic lupus erythematosus*

6

9

 

Meningococcal infections

100

10

 

Against Medical Advice (AMA) *

0

  1. ICD International Classification of Diseases
  2. *Finally rejected