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EHRGo – Orientation to Data Visualization IV
1. Which diagnosis(es) caused the admission? Explain.
Patient admitted through ER for intracranial bleed/ hemorrhage.
2. Which diagnosis(es) are correlated with the admission? Explain.
Respiratory failure - inability to protect airway due to AMS/stroke.
3. Many patients who are prescribed Xarelto also have coagulopathy. Does this
sentence prove causation or correlation? Explain.
Just because many patients on Xarelto also have coagulopathy, doesn't mean that Xarelto causes
coagulopathy.
4. Patients who are taking Xarelto will develop coagulopathy within two weeks of
starting the medication. Does this sentence prove causation or correlation? Explain
No, when correlating I see rivaroxaban 20 MG Oral Tablet [Xarelto] was given on the 28th and
patient died on the 29th, coagulopathy is developed after 2 weeks.
5. What was the listed cause of death?
Death due to complications of Subarachnoid hemorrhage from intracranial artery, unspecified.
6. Which category does this patient’s death fall into from the CDC age-adjusted
leading causes of death? See the bar chart below.
Stroke.
7. Paste the bar graph you created here.
EHRGo – Orientation to Data Visualization IV
1. Which diagnosis(es) caused the admission? Explain.
Patient admitted through ER for intracranial bleed/ hemorrhage.
2. Which diagnosis(es) are correlated with the admission? Explain.
Respiratory failure - inability to protect airway due to AMS/stroke.
3. Many patients who are prescribed Xarelto also have coagulopathy. Does this
sentence prove causation or correlation? Explain.
Just because many patients on Xarelto also have coagulopathy, doesn't mean that Xarelto causes
coagulopathy.
4. Patients who are taking Xarelto will develop coagulopathy within two weeks of
starting the medication. Does this sentence prove causation or correlation? Explain
No, when correlating I see rivaroxaban 20 MG Oral Tablet [Xarelto] was given on the 28th and
patient died on the 29th, coagulopathy is developed after 2 weeks.
5. What was the listed cause of death?
Death due to complications of Subarachnoid hemorrhage from intracranial artery, unspecified.
6. Which category does this patient’s death fall into from the CDC age-adjusted
leading causes of death? See the bar chart below.
Stroke.
7. Paste the bar graph you created here.
